tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
Kujou Kanezane (1149-1207)
Nin'an era (1166.8.27-1169.4.8)
finish; completion; the end
clear; precise; definite; distinct
Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
merchant's home; rented home; store; shop
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
temporary residence or shelter
assistant ...; probationary ...
container; receptacle; utensil; implement; calibre; talent
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
gold and jewels; precious object
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to want; to seek; to request
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)