tip of the tongue; speech; way of talking
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
loss; defeat; counter for losses
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to make one's way in the world; to earn one's living; to live
one's long-cherished desire
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to see; to look; to watch
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
sore; erosion; ulceration; corruption; dissipation; becoming degenerate
sore; erosion; ulceration; corruption; dissipation; becoming degenerate
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to be reflected in a mirror
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
flowering crab apple (Malus halliana); Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus); Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis); Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata); aronia (flower)
Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia
Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
all (there is); as long as there is
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
cover; mantle; shroud; hood