to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
secret story; unknown episode
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
one thin flat object; one sheet
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to look on with arms folded
but; however; even though; even if
vacant house; unoccupied house
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
chief; main; principal; important
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
spring day; spring sunlight
useless; vain; aimless; idle
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
fleecy clouds (esp. cumulus clouds)
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly