to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up
powder snow; powdery snow
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
one's own child; one's own children
voluntary; optional; free; elective
unparalleled in Japan and China and India
this or that person; anybody; many people
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
upright man; patriot; hero
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
having nothing; being free of earthly attachments
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
one's possessions; ownership
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing