heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
one edge; one end; one side
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
vagrant; transient lifestyle
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
self denial; self control
control; management; supervision
fresh, young ears of rice
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
head of fisherman's group or union
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel