better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
missing someone; loathing to part
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts
infant; baby; little child
parting; separation; farewell
unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
quietly; slowly; gracefully
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
great person; eminent figure
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
walking briskly; determinedly
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
wall of clouds; bank of clouds
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)