drunkenness; intoxication
(heavy) drinker; tippler; ... drinker (e.g. merry drinker, maudlin drinker); ... drunk; liker of; fan
dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to clamber (up); to scale
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
water's edge; beach; foreshore
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
piling up; multiple layers
forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga)
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
shoji (paper sliding door)
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
winner; victor; conqueror