dwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)
Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine)
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date
thrifty person; stingy person; tight-fisted person
bald mountain; denuded mountain; bare hill; treeless hill
crow dipper (Pinellia tuber); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery; signature mark (crest) used by members of the imperial family to mark their belongings; a sign (with honorific 'o')
getting stains out; getting rid of stains
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
male homosexuality; pederasty
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
breath of fresh air; cool (refreshing) breeze
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon
daimyo in the Warring States period
immediate follower (of the shogun)
to relate at great length; to dwell eloquently (on)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
execution; punishment; spanking
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
various matters; everything
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed