cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
elegance; grace; refinement; good taste
play equipment; playground equipment
shaman (Okinawa, Amami); medium; exorcist
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
to annoy; to cause trouble
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
forcibly; against one's will
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue; various
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
of uneven heights or lengths
to have an air of sublimity; to appear majestic
front shrine; hall of worship
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
just managing; with great difficulty
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
great success; happy result; good result
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
out of the question; preposterous