Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to be boiled; to be cooked
boiling in salted water (e.g. fish)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.); pore; hollow; porous; pithy; spongy
filtering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
to mix; to stir; to blend
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room