Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
thousand years; many years
attendance; presence; appearance
gentleman; well-bred man; well-educated man; people
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
influence of great virtue; influence of ancestors
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
autographs (brushwork) of departed person
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
signboard with gold or gilt lettering; slogan; noble cause
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
self-flattery; sing one's own praises
to bend (the truth); to distort; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to pawn
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
displeasure; offense; offence; disliking
relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
extensive knowledge; erudition
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
younger scholar; future reference
in succession; one after another
to arrange; to manage (to find time)
program director; programme director; facilitator; steering committee (chair)
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
inspection; examination; checking
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry