voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
pathos; melancholy; sorrow
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
again; once more; a second time
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
(United States of) America; USA
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
bluish sheen; steel-blue sheen
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
long hakama; trailing hakama
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
spirit; heart; disposition
type; pattern; shape; similar type; similar pattern
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
first generation; founder
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit