soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
hairpiece; false hair; switch; (arch.) hair
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
old Kanto-area folk songs
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
divine spirit; spirit of the dead
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
regional administrator (pre-Taika hereditary title)