imperial envoy; imperial messenger
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
weatherbeaten; exposed to rain
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
Hasegawa Touhaku (1539-1610) (painter of the Sengoku period)
(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)
honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to say; to be called; to do
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
main temple building; nave
front; frontage; facade; main
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing