oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to haul up; to pull up (with both hands); to reel in
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
coating (esp. lacquering)
drawing and manual arts (school subject)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
exactly; just; punctually; exactly on time; clearly delineated (of boundaries, etc.)
trees and grass; vegetation
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to force one's way; to push through
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words