rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; (opponent's) weak point; (arch.) force attacking the rear of a castle; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to put on; to wear; to get used to wearing
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making
treatment; handling; arrangement; addition; musical accompaniment (in noh)
to make something bright; to shine; to polish
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
tabi; traditional split-toe socks
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on); to twist; to distort
(state of) having got rid of something (e.g. bad taste)
parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
(center portion of a) scroll (centre)
mountain shape; chevron; cone
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
vibrancy; strength; one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man); counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
old friend; familiar face
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued