sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
mood; sentiment; artistic effect
while; during (the time when)
deep realization (realisation); profound realization; one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; unexpectedly obtaining something
artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
school education; formal education
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
softness; gentleness; weakness
winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
clouds and smoke; landscape
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
traditional Chinese medicine
(medical) doctor; physician