gentle spring rain; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
spring water (from melting snow)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
lakes and torrents of spring (overflowing with water)
empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
lonely; dreary; desolate; few; scarce; sparse
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
Rocky Mountains; the Rockies
poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
grudge; malice; intention; disposition; obstinacy; reason
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to be boiled; to be cooked
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to wash away; to rinse off
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
bluish cloud; azure sky; blue sky
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
towering (mountains); soaring; lofty; majestic