young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
right (to do something); authority; power
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up
principal occupation; core business
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
good performance; good work; great success
dot; point; mark; gidayū musicians (in kabuki)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of