counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars

clove (Syzygium aromaticum)

kitchen knife ②cooking

district of a town

one sheet ②one block of tofu ③well then

skillfulness

long stretch ②long scene (in a play)

skillful handling of a kitchen knife

bystreet

(wearing only) a pair of underpants

symbol ②(secret) price mark ③secret language

even or odd

voluble

knife

even and odd numbers (on dice) ②chō-han

winter daphne (Daphne odora)

with (the sound of) clashing swords ②(arguing) fiercely

Japanese knife

both eloquent and skilled

eloquence

polite ②careful

polite

polite ②careful ③overly courteous

binding (of a book) ②design (of a book cover)

kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.)

polite language (e.g. masu, desu)

overly polite

T junction

apprentice

single letter

servant

letter "T" ②T-shaped

T-shaped

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

apprenticeship

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan)

adult

stable boy

half-leather binding

tincture of camphor

Fire Rooster (34th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1957, 2017, 2077)

Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)

Fire Sheep (44th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1907, 1967, 2027)

Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)

lilac (Syringa vulgaris)