Sun

drum

solar system

ancient times

empress dowager

Pacific Ocean

viceroy

peace ②happy-go-lucky

sun god

solar wind

solar furnace

solar storm

solar power (generation)

solar energy

wife

Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty) ②Grand Minister

extrasolar

crown prince

sunlight

large seal ②seal of approval

fat ②deep (of a voice) ③daring

to put on weight

fat ②grand

thigh ②buttocks

generous

bold

plump

overweight

futomaki ②rolling something thickly

thickened eyebrows

belly

big-boned ②solid (plan, storyline, etc.)

plump

putting on weight from the good (married) life

big spender

audacious ②throaty (voice)

beer belly

very thick ②thick, heavy thread

heavy line (for emphasis)

extreme weight gain

high-ranking noh actor ②head of a school of noh performance ③high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period) ④jōruri narrator

Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)

idle talk ②fool ③irresponsible

crossing swords ②competing against

long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana) ②tachi

assistance (in a fight) ②helper

swordsmanship

Kintarō ②Kintarō doll ③diamond-shaped apron

log ②dace (Tribolodon hakonensis) ③test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII) ④prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun

stroke of sword

watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status)

short sword

Urashima Tarō

idle gossip

unemployed person ②day laborer (esp. on the docks)

swordplay

log cabin

to live a wicked life

wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa ②vessel made from logs, e.g. large dugout canoe

Kintarō candy ②something (or someone) lacking originality

(Japanese) imperial government

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

mock sword for ceremonial use