complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
infant; baby; little child
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
four handed performance (on the piano)
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
nude (figure, painting, statue)
to steal or sneak or slip into
temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
commencing with; including
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
fulling block; wooden or stone block for beating cloth
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
aquatic (life); living in the water
everyday life; daily life
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
paste; glue; clothing starch
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
detached; aloof; indifferent
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft