oil sands; tar sands; bituminous sands
having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
entanglement; clinging affection; involvement
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
keenly felt; heart-wrenching; heart-rending
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
more than anything; above all else
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
moderate; proper; just right
lightly and nimbly; with agility
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
Tensho karuta; the first domestically produced Japanese deck of cards, closely based on Latin-suited decks brought over by the Portuguese
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house); my home
colored picture; coloured picture; painting
class; heading; group; category
hana-awase (type of hanafuda game); any hanafuda game involving matching cards from one's hand with cards of the same suit in the field (such as hachi-hachi, koi-koi); flower-comparing contest (Heian period)
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character