manly; masculine; like a man
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
to release; to sweep out; to clean out
sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)
dry riverbed; river beach
well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb
keeping accounts; balancing accounts
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
recovering slightly; making a small rally
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air
to relax; to feel at home
quiet; still; surreptitious
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
building (esp. a house); house fixture; fitting; facial features
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
opposite bank; farther shore
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
beyond the heavens; farthest regions; furthest regions
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
box carried on one's back to store books; wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim