embossed gilt lacquerwork
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
change; alteration; substitute; spare; replacement; proxy
child dying before parents; occurrence out of sequence; wrong order
to understand; to comprehend
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
cabinetwork; joinery; hair ornament; hairpin; (arch.) colours; (arch.) banner
high in the sky; highest heaven
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
passer-by; traveler; traveller
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
T-shaped wooden bell hammer
going on an alms round (for food); going begging (for food); going to ask for alms of food; pindacara
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen