breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
lately; recently; nowadays
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
bringing; taking; carrying
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
to write down; to note; to remember
protecting the constitution
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
religious abstinence; purification
settlement; payment of account
kimono and ancient head-dress
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
to sweep clean; to brush clean
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
kalpa (eon, aeon); ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones
the West; the Occident; Western countries
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant