manner of using one's hands
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
to dye; to colour; to color
pistil (of a flower); stamen
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to become vulgar; to coarsen
reported; notified; registered
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
with a broad grin; smirking
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
slowly and quietly; smoothly
to set (sun); to become dark
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
night watch; fire watchman
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
foot; tootsie; tootsy; toddle; walk
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)