four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
third day of the month; three days
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
second day of the month; two days
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
small silk wrapper; small cloth for wiping tea utensils; crepe wrapper
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
general news; miscellaneous news
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
starvation; famine; hunger
alternately; in succession
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity