string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
dining hall at a Zen temple or monastery; refectory
meditation; silent contemplation
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
to become empty; to be emptied
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door); to change completely; to do a 180
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
faint reflection of light upon the water in the dark
quantity or volume of water
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
mist over a body of water; spray; suien; four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings; praying; prayer
real situations; personal consideration; private circumstances; favoritism; favouritism
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
merits (influence) of one's pious acts or religious practice
inside one's heart; in one's mind