to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
parade float; festival float
many; much; plenty; hardly
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
(not so) much; (not) very
jumping to a hasty conclusion
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
dispersing; breaking up; running away
ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
scale; scope; plan; structure
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
every year; yearly; annually
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
line; queue; procession; matrix
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
east, west, south and north
open; spacious; extensive
dark of the night; darkness of the night
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building