actor; actress; player; performer
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
to come to power; to assume the reins of government
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
very; much; greatly; a lot of
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to be dead; to be lifeless
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
difficult to ...; hard to ...
one's person; around one's person
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
exquisite beauty or charms
Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to do over; to remake; to resume
fairly long period of time; (arch.) four-hour period
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)