to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
alternately; in succession
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
wicker(work) (cane, rattan) chair
counter for chairs or seats
to act young; to look young
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
decorative Japanese cord made from twisted paper; Antenoron filiforme; Polygonum filiforme
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal