splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop
illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)
the Kyōhō Reforms (1736 economic reforms)
infusion of kudzu, cinnamon, etc., used as an antifebrile, for hangovers, etc.
appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)
kitchen (in a restaurant); cook; chef
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
needy circumstances; living in poverty
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
footwear; footgear; shoes
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)
such a thing; something like that
offering a full report to a superior
conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick
admission (e.g. to a training institution, research establishment, social welfare facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; internment; confinement
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
incision; operation; section
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana