handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
colour; color; hue; tints
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
several years; a few years
order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)
filtration; filtering; percolation
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
salty sea breeze; salt wind
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
sea monster; green turtle
shooting up one after another