Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
course; route; path; process; means
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
atrocity; (arch.) treason
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
Toba Soujou (Abbot of Toba, painter of the 11th century)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to unfold; to unroll; to open
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
Otsu-e; Edo-period folk art genre of painting originating in Ōtsu
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
proficiency; skill; experience
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
reaching; attaining; arrival
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
small castle projecting from a larger castle; tower projecting from a larger castle
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
decorative carving; design; plan; sketch
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
drawing board; drafting board
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction