iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
another thing; exception; special case
since one was born; (in) all one's life
militarism; warlike spirit
to read a kanji with a different pronunciation; to load (e.g. data on a computer); to read; to change the language or wording (of a provision, etc.); to apply a different term
warrior picture (as a genre of ukiyo-e); musha-e
traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5 event at Kamigamo shrine
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
bathwater with iris petals
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of somebody behind their back); to get into trouble; to warp one's mouth
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
antibacterial; antimicrobial
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent
midsummer; height of summer
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
people; citizens; subjects; folk
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth
house; dwelling; human habitation
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
ornamental ball-shaped scent bag; decorative paper ball (for festive occasions)
moxa; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
order; command; life; destiny; fate
colored thread; coloured thread
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way