secret; private; surreptitious
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
questions and answers; dialogue
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
February; second month of the lunar calendar
lidded; covered; container with a lid
March; third month of the lunar calendar
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
and; thereupon; because of that
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
sanity; soundness of mind; prudence and discretion; (arch.) drunkenness
imagination; supposition; guess
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
society; the world; the times
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala