quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
one's native country; land of one's birth
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
(arch.) eight ata (approx. 144 cm); large; long
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
to make a vow; to take an oath
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
florid expression; poetical talent
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
sudden impulse; passing fancy
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
route; way; course; directions
stairs; stairway; staircase
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
next; secondly; subsequently
possession; occupation; occupancy
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate