lake shaped like the kanji "heart" character (traditional Japanese gardens)
my book; my (humble) work
abridgment; abridgement; condensation; contraction
eagerly; earnestly; assiduously; diligently; wholeheartedly
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
dried leaves (esp. of daikon and turnip)
shameless person; sophisticated person; brazen hussy
artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones
rain that starts to fall as though trying to prevent a guest from leaving; well-timed shower (which prevents a guest from leaving)
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
person who gathers night soil
morally corrupt; slovenly; obscene
saliva; spit; spittle; fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
experienced viewer (of theatre, kabuki, etc.); kabuki connoisseur
detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs
underskirt (half-slip), worn under kimono
to miss in attempting to kill
novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story
warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud; building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses
rescreening (of a movie); reshowing; rerun; repeat
defecating outdoors; faeces lying on the ground (feces)