next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
based on; built on; made from
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
respect (epistolary usage)
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
land east of China; Japan
festival; feast; carnival
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryo system)
fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
carelessly; inattentively
festival merrymaking; revelry
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
girl; young (unmarried) woman
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit