shawm-like instrument played by street vendors (sometimes referred to as a flute)
silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)
counter for flags, banners, etc.
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
small change; coins; small sum of money
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
town elder (Edo period); town leader; alderman
application; request; petition
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.)
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
small brazier; hand-warmer
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
that; the matter in question
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
to live; to reside; to inhabit
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness