ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
line; queue; procession; matrix
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
street stall; stand; booth
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to paint (draw) a picture
six feet; traditional Japanese G-string for men; palanquin bearer
muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to lean against; to set against
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
Shōki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons; Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
continuously; continually; without a break; next; then; after that
to drive a quill (pen); to wield the writing brush
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute