omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
to live; to reside; to inhabit
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery