meeting place; seats for the public; restaurant dinner tray; set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
decision; determination; resolution
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to be conspicuous; to stand out
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
somehow; for some reason (or other)
ditch with running water; drainage channel
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
inclination; tendency; nature; character
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
wet nurse; nursing mother
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
coexistence; living together
reform; reformation; reorganization
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
images drawn or painted on fusuma
writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting
symbol; code; sign; notation
wide place; starting field containing any of the January, March or August 20-point cards
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
venerable authority; elderly master
old body; aged person; elderly person
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress