to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
consecration (of a person or thing, in Catholicism); sanctification; prayer of sanctification; ritual of consecration
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
Charis; Grace; minor goddess of charm, beauty, etc.; chalice (for Holy Communion)
hair tied behind and hanging down; long flowing hair
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan; silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk)
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
family; relatives; dependents; household
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
naturalization; naturalisation
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat