that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
dangerous position; peril
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
by means of; due to; because of; according to
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
disused; unused; useless; wasteful; of no use
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
ingenuity; resourcefulness
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to escape from; to get out
to differ; to vary; to disagree
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
fan columbine (Aquilegia flabellata); hemp yarn wound into a hollow ball; egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
book; volume; this; present; main; head
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs