gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
overanxiety; needless worry
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
as far as the eye can see
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
here and there; in places
to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
dreary; bleak; lonely; lonesome; desolate
thatching; thatch; thatched roof
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
ancestor worshipped as a deity
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
suspicious-looking; fishy
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
preparation; arrangements
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
thicket; coppice; brushwood