purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
close; intimate; on good terms
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
female high-school student
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to say; to tell; to state; to do
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time