to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
to relapse; to reassert; to review
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
spread; span; expanse; extent
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
to trample down; to devastate
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
manners; behavior; behaviour
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth