Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
light pink; light crimson
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
ten; 10; ten years of age
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
handwoven; handspun; weaving by hand
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
haori (Japanese formal coat)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
silent; quiet; solemn; softly; quietly; solemnly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)