adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen); Job's tears; coixseed; tear grass; adlai
raw materials; ingredient
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
Western ways; Western customs; Western habits
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
magatama; comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
customary practice; habit; traditional event
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
order; sequence; procedure
rosary; string of prayer beads
religious studies; study of religion
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
infiltration (of a liquid); permeation; spread (of a political ideology, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
charm; spell; curse; malediction; dharani; mantra
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
imperial order; imperial decree
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
prohibition; ban; embargo
function; facility; faculty; feature
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
fukugi (Garcinia subelliptica); happiness tree