small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to half-rise to one's feet
tottering; staggering; reeling
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to speak; to hear a voice
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
(United States of) America; USA
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
off grounds; outside the premises
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
grand Lama; living Buddha
wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to become hoarse; to become husky
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
to remain unextinguished; to survive
garden lantern; hanging lantern
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly