cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
feeling that one is living in a completely different age; feeling that something belongs to a different age; feeling that the world has changed dramatically
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
Tengyō era (938.5.22-947.4.22); Tenkei era
Fujiwara No Sumitomo (?-941)
sixth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tapering thinning curve, usually concave left
government property; taxes and other fees paid by the provinces to the government (ritsuryo system)
(together) with; -wide; including
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
jumping about; rampancy; domination
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
section manager; section chief
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
practice; practising; training; study
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far