to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
secular life; workaday world
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); posthumous Buddhist name
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
(in Japanese architecture) transom
carving; engraving; chiselled features
lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist
tattoo artist; tattooist; engraver; carver; sculptor
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
luck in business; luck in sales
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
neophyte; new monk (or nun); new convert (to Buddhism)
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
cicadas that sing when autumn comes
bento; Japanese box lunch
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often