cultivar; cultivated variety of a plant
Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street
to escape death; to be saved from death
to visit repeatedly (to request)
to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)
(short-term) leave allowed a servant
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
grey moustache; white beard
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
fire hook; firefighter's hook
to flourish briefly (esp. before retiring or stopping); to have a day in the limelight; to have a stint of success
the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)
primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens); Siebold's primrose (Primula siebold)
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
movements; sitting and standing
Shōki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons; Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)
Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
thin rice gruel; rice water
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
celebration of a child's seventh day
bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job
drugs; ingredients (for Chinese medicine)
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
unsigned; without a signature
the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
gold and jewels; precious object
visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks; settling scores
to make over (clothing); to have altered; to renovate