dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
here and there; in places
Tosa school of Japanese painting (Muromachi-late Edo period)
painter; artist; illustrator
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
to remain unextinguished; to survive
artificial hill (in a garden)
young greens; young herbs
leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
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 adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
food (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
remaining snow; lingering snow
to linger (faint light of twilight); to remain lit in the lingering twilight
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs
biological younger brother
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
value; preciousness; nobility