(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
bamboo screen; rattan blind
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
woman; female; feminine gender
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
line between victory and defeat
tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting; tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
dispersal; scattering; discrete
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
evening; early night hours
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
pledge made over sake cups; exchange of nuptial cups
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
while; during; while; although; all; both
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth