fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
if so; in that case; in that situation
messenger; envoy; emissary
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
(skilled) writer; essayist
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)