next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to make merry; to be festive
after a long time; for the first time in a while
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
imagination; supposition; guess
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
handrail; railing; banister
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple (located on a steep hillside overlooking Kyoto)
I (alphabet letter); i; I (symbol for iodine)
yelp; yap; yipe; kiang (Equus kiang); kyang
fly (ball); fly (lure); fly (insect)
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
to become better; to improve
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to be able to manage somehow or other
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
right under; directly below; right beneath
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with