bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
close-cropped hair; shaven head
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
sea monster; green turtle
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
close-cropped head; bald hill
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
temple; monk's quarters; monk
visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters
rascal; mischievous kid; naughty child
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; (lit.) monk for three days
Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grand master of the game of go
large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
flustered person; hasty person
being kept standing (without doing anything); remaining on one's feet; beggar; tramp; prostitute; streetwalker; tout (for a hostess bar)
short-tempered or irritable person
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
large sea turtle; heavy drinker
priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat
head temple (of a branch temple); head priest's temple quarters
if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; (lit.) hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
naked person (esp. child)
bozu mekuri; bonze turnup; card game played with a hyakunin isshu deck
monks make pure profit; monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
blocking the way; standing in the way
beetle-browed boy; mischief
grid city plan used for the Imperial capital
nickname for such names as Haruo or Haruko
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
tatami mat without a "heri" (edge)
boaster; braggart; bossy person; overbearing person
common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
skilfish (Erilepis zonifer); skil
swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)
former crown prince; the late crown prince
Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition); Honinbo Tournament
atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan
plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
naughty child; unruly child
scoring combination consisting of the January, December, and August 20-point cards
low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores); monk
tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication)
female or male prostitute serving a monk; (fig.) luring a monk into depredation
master of the priests quarters
man with a bald or shaven head
take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)
beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
paifang (Chinese architectural arch or gateway)
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Amur falcon (Falco amurensis); eastern red-footed falcon
lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
black swallower (Chiasmodon niger)
Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods)
shaved head; person with a shaved head
uneducated monk; ignorant monk; (lit.) potato-digging monk
silent person; taciturn person