chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
is something that; is that which
no exception; without exception; always the same
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
although I say; although one might say; although called
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
(for the taste of something) to become apparent; (for someone's character) to come out
head of family; originator
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
artificial hill (in a garden)