mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
separation; divorce; severing of connections
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
sponsors of rikishi or their stables
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
issue; offspring; paternal blood
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
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
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
very young; little; childish; immature
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...