to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
knitting; knitted material; crochet
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
line; queue; procession; matrix
guardian; protector; patron; parent
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
sunlight; rays of the Sun
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to face on; to look out on to
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
to be erected; to be built
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore
Schoepfia jasminodora (tree of family Schoepfiaceae)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
to get blunt; to dull; to wear out
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with