what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta)
keep (it) steady (after a turn); understood; alright
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 47 reading cards and 47 picture cards
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to do something ridiculous; to do something bizarre; (lit.) to boil tea in one's navel
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
henohenomoheji; seven hiragana characters grouped together to look like a face
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
in general; generally; usually
this world; this life; world of the living
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
war; fighting; fierce competition
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
(social) position; status
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)