interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
negotiations; discussions; connection
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (arch.) child from the city
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
grounds of a Shinto shrine; enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods
can do; may do; be capable of doing
piece; fragment; one (object)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
white background; blank; female virgin
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
(feather) duster; dusting
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
next morning; following morning
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha
kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove
to rebuke; to scold harshly
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)