the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
annotation; explanatory note; comment
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
three; three years of age
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
living room (Japanese-style)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
(in Japanese architecture) transom
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
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)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
coating (esp. lacquering)
door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou); small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma
section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)
mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); landscape picture; mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)