large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
gesture; sign; hand signal
right side; right-hand side
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
silence (not speaking); muteness
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
temporary residence or shelter
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
three; three years of age
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
to turn upwards; to leave a clean aftertaste
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
(in the shape of a) mouth; mouthpiece (of a cigarette); manner of speech
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
near; close; beside; third person
Chiba Saburou (1894.1.25-1979.11.29)