June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to order; to command; to appoint
recitation; reciting from memory
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
embodiment; realization; materialization
to begin; to set about; to start
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
colour wash; distemper; powdered paints or pigments
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to (physically) force someone to sit down
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
cheap article; poor quality article
printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on