tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
curtain; hanging; bunting
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
archery; mapping; map; morphism
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
various countries; various regions; various provinces
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
kyogen performer; low-ranked house playwright (of kabuki)
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
God and man; heaven and man
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach