doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
graduation examination; graduation test
place by the lamp; area under the lamp
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
kindness and affection; love
sweet white sake; doburoku (unrefined sake)
lacquerware; painting; coating
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
strategist; tactician; schemer
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
great laughter; burst of laughter
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
thoroughly; through and through
reconciliation; make peace with
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)