shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
river; stream; River; the ... river
everlasting spring; China rose (Rosa chinensis)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
one's own handwriting; autograph; as written with a brush
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
Meiwa era (1764.6.2-1772.11.16)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
Suzuki Harunobu (approx. 1725-1770)
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
discovery; detection; finding
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
long night (esp. of autumn)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
artists' chalk; white pigment; powdered calcium carbonate
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
crude; immature; unpolished