customary practice; habit; traditional event
detailed knowledge; finely detailed
ninth day of the month; nine days
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
information; experience; knowledge; observation
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
drunkenness; intoxication
thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning
quotation; citation; reference
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
Kyōwa era (1801.2.5-1804.2.11)
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
older brother; elder brother
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day
Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
growing older; aging ceremony (on New Year's Eve or the last night of winter)
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
good or bad luck; fortune
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine