vowel (in the Siddham script)
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
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
giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the Emperor
lottery run by a temple or shrine
take care of it; I'll leave it up to you; do as you see fit
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
pilfering; snatching; swiping; pilferer; (petty) thief; (bag) snatcher
colored pattern; coloured pattern
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
to have a rumor circulating
sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
(historical) banishment from one's residence as a form of judicial punishment
doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
withdrawing from the castle
well digging; well digger
billboard; large signboard; first-rate influential performer (theatre, film, etc.); leading star; draw