promoting; increase; advance
observation; survey; watching
purification; refining; simplification
painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
(arch.) all sorts of birds; (arch.) hundreds (and thousands) of birds; plover; Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry
influence (on someone); inspiration
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
technique; art; skill; move
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
addition; increase; Canada
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)
the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
(whether at) peace or at war; in peacetime and at war; order and chaos
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
Kyōwa era (1801.2.5-1804.2.11)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)