obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
in that way; thus; so; so?
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
not necessarily so; is not always true
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
rather; better; instead; if anything
in terms of; from the point of view of
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
how; in what way; in what manner
reaching; attaining; arrival
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
woman; female; feminine gender
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
to serve; to work for; to attend
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing