tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
Avici (lowest level of hell)
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
magician; conjurer; illusionist
(social) class; rank; grade
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
no!; no no!; no, not at all
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
praise; glorification; extolment
universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
the treasure that is children; child
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)
traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
high; noble; refined; advanced
to fly apart; to tower over; to be out of the ordinary
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
founder of a religious sect
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient