to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
dressing up; wearing fancy clothes
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to be worried; to be troubled
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter
without holding anything back; mercilessly; relentlessly; energetically; vigorously
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
not understanding; not knowing
sun; saint; San (people); son
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese