hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
scenery; scene; landscape
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
here and there; everywhere
flowers and trees; flowering trees
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
to dye; to colour; to color
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
literally; to the letter; literal
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
station; office; guardroom
carelessly; inattentively
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
lonely; dreary; desolate; few; scarce; sparse
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
mediant; baritone; contralto; medium tone; medium pitch
to chant; to sing; to recite; to write (a poem); to compose
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull