丁

kitchen knife

polite

exactly

binding (of a book)

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)

skillfulness

long stretch

polite

Latin (language)

bystreet

district of a town

adult

(wearing) a loincloth alone

one more try

(wearing only) a pair of underpants

order's up

adult

eloquence

voluble

adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan)

body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward)

ladder

single letter

completely illiterate

completely illiterate

clove (Syzygium aromaticum)

even and odd numbers (on dice)

even or odd

collation of sections (bookbinding)

man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)

book with missing pages

below adult age

men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)

servant

first and foremost

towns and villages (official urban area classification)

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

old and lightly handicapped men (ritsuryō system)

with (the sound of) clashing swords

cook

clove oil

misbound book

men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system)

eight (in mekuri karuta)

courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)

T square

all-purpose kitchen knife

young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training

number of leaves (in a book, esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding)

letter "T"

cook

fourth division of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)

T-shaped

half-leather binding

chō-han bakuchi

paging

snowrose (Serissa japonica)

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

missing page

Japanese-style kitchen knife (esp. with single-beveled blade)

both eloquent and skilled

both eloquent and skilled

eloquent and skilled (worker)

all-purpose kitchen knife

stone harvesting knife

hatcho miso

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

being unfit for duty in the former Japanese military (due to failing the conscription physical)

T junction

chōgin (Edo-period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber)

bread knife

T bandage

gardener

man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)

stable boy

signature

cook

just-noticeable difference

Chinese chef's knife (resembles a cleaver)

knife sharpener

skillful handling of a kitchen knife

incorrect collating

all-purpose kitchen knife

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding)

(sound of) hitting repeatedly

with a clang

clove (Syzygium aromaticum)

Western-style kitchen knife (esp. with double-beveled blade)

carving knife

clove cherry (Prunus apetala)

winter daphne (Daphne odora)

two sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo

quire (bookbinding)

sashimi knife

polite style

broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish)

nakiri knife

one cake of bean curd

person who carries a palanquin

Kung Pao chicken

court attendant

(light) scoring (in cooking)

polite language (e.g. masu, desu)

lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

apprenticeship

youth

the most trying spot or period

apprentice

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

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

tailor's knife

Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)

tincture

tincture of camphor

rectangular-shaped thin-bladed knife (esp. used for vegetables)

symbol

polite

overly polite

tincture of cinchona

tuna knife

Denmark

eel knife

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

Fire Ox (14th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1937, 1997, 2057)

tincture of iodine

A, B, C and D

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

Argentina

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

Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)

chonmage

polite and courteous

kitchen knife for sashimi