correction (of error, mistake, etc.); reform; training
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to relax; to feel at home
at the meeting; on the occasion
first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
food offering to the gods; prepared food
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
caller; visitor; company; guest
one's specialty performance; one's repertoire
launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to entertain; to make welcome
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation