muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
Zen blowing meditation (performed with shakuhachi)
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
crawling on the ground; shuffling on one's knees; cripple
king and princes; noble rank
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness
Labracoglossa argentiventris (species of knifefish)
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
training partner; training hall (esp. one made of wooden planks and used for dancing practice)
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
New Year's Eve; December 31
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
half-term; half-time; half period
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
notebook; account book; register
to thrust before; to thrust at
kimono fabrics shop; draper
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating