open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
100,000; hundred thousand
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
wind and frost; hardships
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
a laughingstock; a standing joke
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
poor piece of work; rubbish; one of my works
to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.)
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
to turn towards; to point
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
emperor's teacher; imperial army
(arch.) paper on which questions and comments are pasted; backing paper; blotting paper