box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to cense; to burn incense
to await; to wait for; to expect
rather than; more ... than ...
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to mask oneself; to lie down
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)
small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
good; goodness; right; virtue
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; (lit.) mixture of precious gems and common rocks
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
north wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
wooden board; woodblock; woodblock printing
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
woodblock; (printing) block
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)