porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to arrange (flowers); to plant
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
to leave word; to leave a message
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
shoji (paper sliding door)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display; to be buried
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
too much; excessively; too
instead; but (on the other hand)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
one shō bottle (1.8 litres)
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
coating (esp. lacquering)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
caricature; cartoon; comics
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many