five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
a little bit; a little while
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
chopping board; cutting board
var. of taro with long purple stalks
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
existence; possession; having; limited company
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
amateur's skill or performance
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
Japanese rhodea (plant of the lily family); Rhodea japonica
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
to find out; to discover; to locate
at that (very) moment; just then