plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
unglazed pottery; bisque; bisque firing; seafood grilled without seasoning
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
gesture; sign; hand signal
quick work; (clever) feat
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
utensil used for serving or drinking sake; sake drinking set
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
like this; this sort; this way
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
admiration; being impressed (by)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
talk; story; conversation
Tsukahara Bokuden (1489-1571)