twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood
coating (esp. lacquering)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
haramaki; bellyband; stomach band; torso armour that opens at the back; haramaki
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
chief; main; principal; major
to force one's way; to push through
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
slope; slanting surface; bevel
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
house; dwelling; human habitation
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
(arch.) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); a short time
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
left side; left-hand side
meandering; snaking; zigzagging