picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
the three powers: heaven, earth and man
stroke (dash) of the pen; (force of) brushwork
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
camp stool; folding stool
that is to say; so that means
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
in name only; titular; nominal
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
coating (esp. lacquering)
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss