nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
famous jewel; exquisite stone
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
salty sea breeze; salt wind
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
family; members of a family
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
white background; blank; female virgin
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
wood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
wood grain; unpainted wood
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
colouring; coloring; colorant
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood
whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.