the imperial family or household
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
casting; cast-metal object
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
whole face; all over one's face
to set (sun); to become dark
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
garden lantern; hanging lantern
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
writing; composition; essay; sentence
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
two times; twice; two degrees
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
(some) more; even more; longer; further
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
all-night vigil over a body; wake