fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
crimping; riveting; fastening; standoff (mechanical fastener); self-clinch hardware
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to snatch from; to steal from
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
fate; destiny; predestination
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
loyalty; allegiance; fidelity
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
gifted young person who shows much promise
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
bloodsucking; sucking blood
respectfully yours; kowtowing; kowtow
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting