principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
flesh (esp. of an animal); meat
drop (e.g. of water); drip
bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
moisture; humidity; dampness; scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
pistil (of a flower); stamen
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
archery; mapping; map; morphism
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml; shaku; traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper