Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to move; to move to a new location
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
place that is often written about in waka poetry; oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
completion (of a building)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
towering (mountains); soaring; lofty; majestic
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
that's the way it is; such is life
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
un-; non-; negative prefix
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to say; to tell; to state; to do