broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
cloud flying through the sky
in and about a kitchen; family circumstances
someone who curries favor with their master while secretly plotting against him
laxative; purgative; evacuant; loose bowels; diarrhea; diarrhoea
withdrawing from the castle
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
(amount of a samurai's) stipend
as you are aware; as you know
harmonious (couple, family, etc.); happy; affectionate; friendly; intimate
Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)
(another person's) nephew
trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
farm work; field labour; field labor
haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
grated daikon; daikon grater
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
administration; government; administrator; governor
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
one vehicle; one ryō (an old coin)