echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
in the end; on top of that
vexing; irritating; impatient
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
here and there; in places
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
exemplar; model; example; pattern
goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
in turns; alternately; in order
in the meanwhile; during the time
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
to amuse oneself; to make merry
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
confession; confidential talk; frank talk
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
memories; recollections; reminiscence
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
inside; interior; inner part
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour