to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to lie down; to throw oneself down
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
start of the mountain-climbing season
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
slip (of paper); tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
spring day; spring sunlight
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)