round shape; circle; circular form
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
florist's scissors; flower scissors
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
ume orchard; plum orchard; plum garden
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
(writing, painting) brush
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
artistry; good taste; elegance; grace
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
vegetables pickled in sake lees
Japan; name for Japan used in ancient China
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
relying entirely on ...; using solely ...; with the sole purpose of ...; based on (mutual consent, etc.)
being very busy; busyness
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; warp and weft; warp and woof
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings