high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
to relax; to feel at home
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
empirical; from experience
looking away; looking aside
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
in turns; alternately; in order
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)