capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
handicraft; industrial art object
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to be in order; to be organized; to be systematized
teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
whole story; full picture; full particulars
left side; left-hand side
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
fragrant wood; aromatic tree
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
coating (esp. lacquering)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
punishment by Buddha; divine retribution
the place for; the time for; the level of
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on