event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
retirement (from the world); seclusion
dragonfly naiad; dragonfly nymph
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
in deep black; in jet black
on the roof; court nobles
diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
fortune-telling; divination
good or bad luck; fortune
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
youthful; young; young-looking
speech; expression; wording; language
traveler; traveller; stranger
having weak legs; slow walker
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to lose one's way; to go astray
quite; utterly; really; completely
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to make an appearance; to show up
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
first hot bath on New Year's Day
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
sitting in circle; round straw mat
even if not; even without
chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub