more and more; increasingly; all the more
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
seat (of chair, bench, etc.); seat base
sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (arch.) child from the city
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
to provide; to arrange; to install
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
temple; monk's quarters; monk
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
returning victorious army
evening sky; twilight sky
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
singing voice; (sound of) singing
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
fairly long period of time; (arch.) four-hour period
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
ninth day of the month; nine days
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
stillness; repose; standing still
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
padding; lining; foundation
speculation; thinking; meditation
laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem