to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
this world; this life; world of the living
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
light heat at the beginning of the summer
Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
hanging silk; curtain; tapestry; veil
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
every street corner; every crossing
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
line; queue; procession; matrix
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
ancient soldier's hat; common soldier; rank and file (of a political party)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece