katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
night-clothes; heavy kimono-like quilt
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
clothes; clothing; garments
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb
full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
mock sword for ceremonial use
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
tool; implement; means; furniture
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
board chairman; managing director; chief director
public interest incorporated foundation
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
foundation (institution); syndicate; group
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
historical; traditional; historic
rough sketch; design; cartoon
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
biological child; one's own child