surface of the water; face of the water
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
description of regional climate, culture, etc.
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
worthlessness; uselessness; hopelessness
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to watch steadily; to stare
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
early on; earlier on; from early
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
existence; possession; having; limited company
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth