replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
object; natural phenomenon; science of inanimate nature
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
light; faint; pale; fleeting
strong or bitter (green) tea
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
(arch.) being unable to see the (harvest) moon because of rain; fifth lunar month
Ueda Akinari (1734.7.25-1809.8.8)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
favourite book; favorite book
nature; disposition; quality; that which does not change according to external influences
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
in the same way as; just like
stringing a bow; person who strings bows; crescent moon; paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
revengeful ghost; apparition
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to reverberate; to resound; to echo
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees