Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
along the way; along the road
mountain camellia; sasanqua
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)
newly born imperial prince; newly constructed (branch) shrine
newly born imperial prince; newly constructed (branch) shrine
to lie scattered; to be strewn about
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
elegance; taste; refinement
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
natural disaster; calamity
shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
originally; by nature; from the start
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
battle array; battle formation; battlefield
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
very; much; greatly; a lot of
festival; feast; carnival
main shrine; inner sanctuary
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
troubles brought on by what one has written
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears