dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
women's disease; gynecological disorder; gynopathy
disadvantageous; harmful; unprofitable
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
connection; relation; linkage
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to divide (by); to remove; to exclude
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
rural beauty; rusticity; rustic beauty
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines
calamity; misfortune; disaster
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice