cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
oblong stand for trays of food; weighing table
visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
third stage; three stages
long time; long interval; for quite some time
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
long; drawn-out; very long
outline; summary; argument
Department of the Imperial Household
tension; mental strain; nervousness
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
observation; survey; watching
to turn towards; to point
scattered here and there; at intervals
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
clarification; elucidation; explanation
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
deuteragonist; secondary or supporting actor in a noh or kyogen play (possibly multiple actors)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
another showing (of a play); recapitulation
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
mutation; change; transition
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
police; police officer; police station