blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii)
traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
idle talk; nonsense; fool; idiot; irresponsible; nonsensical
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
lover; sweetheart; mistress
otokogata; male role in kabuki; kabuki actor who specializes in male roles; male partner (in a relationship)
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
giving guidance; explaining
female court attendant; court lady
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
holding a job; being employed; (arch.) being learned; (arch.) being knowledgeable; (arch.) having great artistic talent; (arch.) being a skilled performer
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
accident; emergency; calamity
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
even without doing; even without being
to wear; to put on (a sword)
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
heavenly being; celestial being; celestial nymph; celestial maiden
boating; sailing; navigation
to burst into leaf; to sprout
tutelary deities of the hearth
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
distant place; remote point
to branch out; to diverge; to radiate