flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
here and there; in places
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
red-ink stick; red and black
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
police identification card
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up