vowel (in the Siddham script)
meeting of the stars Vega and Altair (on the night of Tanabata); meeting of the two love stars
living up to one's reputation
painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
thorn apple; jimsonweed; Datura stramonium
lacquerware; painting; coating
(waka) poetic sentiment; waka-composing mood; solid grounding in waka; meaning of a waka poem
good time to buy; time to buy
perfectly reasonable; completely natural; perfectly good (e.g. reason)
sake offered to someone; treat of sake
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)
eating without paying; eating for free
spring in full bloom; spring at its height
clear profit; great profit (without any investment)
losing the means of livelihood; (arch.) a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended; (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook
to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch; to carry people away; to take by force