sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
Bungo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Bungo province; 732 CE)
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
news; word; tidings; omen
nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi)
magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
caricature; cartoon; comics
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Chinese catalpa
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis)
storehousebush (Cudrania tricuspidata); mandarin melon berry; silkworm thorn; cudrang
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
one's husband; one's wife
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
female private parts; female genitals
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)
seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
charm; incantation; spell; curse
both sides; two sides; double-sided
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
belonging to no party or school of thought
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility