all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
in order; sequential; seriatim
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
conventionality; triteness
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to feel; to sense; to experience
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
smooth; even; level; flat
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
gromwell root (of species Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
underground; subterranean
directly under; falling perpendicularly
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo