pride; boast; credit (to)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
tail (animal); tail end; tip
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
large prize (e.g. in horse racing); generous reward
to shove to one side; to look at out of the corner of one's eyes
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
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)
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to perform a small motion repetitively (e.g. picking or poking something)
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open