errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
family name; lineage; birth; clan
three times; thrice; third (interval)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
fully armed; armed to the teeth
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata