filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
go or shogi board; position of a game of go or shogi
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
depiction; description; portrayal
origin; beginning; source; rise
samurai; warrior; military family
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.); copying; transfer (printing); transcription; transliteration
pennant; gold-brocade flag
cabinetwork; joinery; hair ornament; hairpin; (arch.) colours; (arch.) banner
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
specialization; specialisation
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)