door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
young; innocent; childlike
to devise; to plot; to plan
walking over stepping stones; following the stepping stones
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to be found; to be discovered
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; (lit.) catching neither the horsefly nor the bee
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
sea and mountains; deep (indebtedness, love, etc.); immense
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
street at night; making a night journey
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
willpower; faith; telekinesis; psychokinesis
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
talking while standing; standing around talking