blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
time; age; chance; moment; occasion
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples
dry riverbed; river beach
brick (used in Chinese-style buildings)
hokora; small wayside shrine
rank of the emperor; imperial throne
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit
culm (hollow stem of a grass)
a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
(arch.) short roughly woven fence; divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.
traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
fine-meshed bamboo basket
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
cylindrical bamboo fishing basket
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
reed (in a loom); yarn guide
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
slip (of paper); tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument; zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng