town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.
circular; circulating letter
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
together with; same; both; all; including ...
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
here and there; in places
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
tide; current; sea water; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be forward; to stick one's nose into; to meddle; to jut out; to protrude; to overhang
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
existence; possession; having; limited company