to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
government service; the bureaucracy
free-standing house; clump (e.g. of trees); group
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
master; teacher; stable master
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy
here and there; in places
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
force of water (current, stream, jet, etc.)
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
one after another; in rapid succession
silence; stillness; quietness
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
dregs; lees; grounds; sediment
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
summer insect; summer insects
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh