embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
good; favourable; favorable; successful
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
handicraft; industrial art object
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
metre; meter; meter; gauge
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
daily meals; three regular meals a day
the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
restoration; revival; resurgence
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
traditional Japanese travel outfit; travel kit