capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
showman who trains performing monkeys
business results; business performance
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
expression of love; showing love
high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
word game; wordplay; playing with words
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
ridiculous; stupid; laughable
locker room; changing room; dressing room
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
panties thief; knickers bandit
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
birds of a feather flock together
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
(spinning) around; while revolving; with a curl; with a whirl; (coiling) around