action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
endostyle; interior column; inner pillar
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
through; by way of; after; via
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
counter for books; volume
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
emperor (of Japan); mikado
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
chaste, strong-minded woman; virtuous woman; heroine
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
first torii gate of a shrine
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)