to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
(arch.) girl; (arch.) young (unmarried) woman; (grown) woman; lady; (someone else's) wife
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
message of condolence; memorial address
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
devote oneself to; to do as one pleases; to act selfishly
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
to cause a person trouble
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)
mending; revision; supplementation; (dental) prosthesis; prosthetic
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
missionary; evangelist; propagandist
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing