festive poem or song; congratulatory form (of waka)
bulbil (esp. of a Japanese yam); propagule; brood bud
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business
vaginal discharge; menstruation; afterbirth
pledge made over sake cups; exchange of nuptial cups
gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration); family celebration; private celebration
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)
innocent girl; naive girl; virgin
mugwort-flavored rice dumpling (flavoured)
bill collection; bill collector
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
(arch.) policeman; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders; art of defeating (and capturing) an opponent with one's bare hands
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
sake offered to someone; treat of sake
meter (in Chinese poetry); consistency
to miss; to fail to capitalize; to fail to capitalise
rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade
this side; in the forefront
noodles made in flat strips
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
with a clang; with a bang; with a crash
sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer
show tent; circus tent; freak show
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
married man or woman; housekeeping
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected