execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
small cupboard on wall of tokonoma
to hang (something) on the wall
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
image; figure; figure; form; image
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
presenting (a gift, etc.); giving; bestowing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
high priest of a great shrine
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
dark (color); concentrated; thick
old friend; old acquaintance
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
study; research; investigation
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
occasional; infrequent; rare
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
healthy; sound; wholesome