to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to shake; to waver; to tremble
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
here and there; in places
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
beautiful; good; excellent
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to suck in; to take in; to sop up; to take up
brush and ink; writing; drawing
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese black ratsnake
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
snake; serpent; large snake