draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
nightlife; night amusements
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
night soil; muck; filth; dirt
to be smeared; to be covered
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
unimpressive; unspectacular; unsatisfactory; undistinguished; lackluster; mediocre
flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)
things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to be transparent; to show through
kava (Piper methysticum); cava; kavakava; cava; Spanish sparkling wine
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
white lotus; purity; pure heart
elopement; running away with a lover
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
(one) letter; (one) character
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air