to congratulate; to wish (someone) well; to celebrate
joke; witticism; pleasantry; attempt at humour; attempt at humor
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; dance steps inspired by this ceremony
monopolizing; monopolising; monopolization; monopolisation
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll
study; library; den; home office; reading room
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
patriarch; head of a family
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
historical document written without a particular addressee (e.g. a diary)
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
mask; disguise; guise; mask
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
handing down the precepts
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
long marriage; (lit.) twin pines at Takasago
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
example; specimen; sample
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of
sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller