wild rose; briar; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose
bedroom; bills receivable; breeder reactor
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
daimyo in the Warring States period
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
to refuse; to reject; to deny
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
clearing one's throat; cough
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
pre-war days; before the war
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double