therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
friendly; sociable; brittle; fragile; light
spring day; spring sun; spring sunlight
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
dry riverbed; river beach
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
call of a wild goose; wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro)
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
and so; therefore; for that reason
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
such; like that; in that way
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
summary; generalization; generalisation
(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture); Yamato (battleship)
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
the front; honest; upright; decent
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter