group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
pseudonym of a haiku poet
diligence; industry; assiduity; hard work
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
refinement; elegance; grace
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
having no hobbies; lacking interests; humdrum; tasteless; prosaic; vulgar
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
disabled person; handicapped person; person with a (physical or mental) disability
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
from the viewpoint of; according to
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years