tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
spring landscape; spring scenery
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to surround; to crowd around
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
Heian period court clothing
elaborate; exquisite; detailed
every evening; night after night
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
eyebrow pencil; blackened eyebrows; (metaphorically) distant mountain range
wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
Paeonia suffrutticosa; tree peony
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
to come back; to bloom a second time
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
colored thread; coloured thread
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
three; three years of age
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency