drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
virile; tough; masculine; intense
counter for generations; epoch
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
in general; generally; usually
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
heart and soul; all one's heart; all one's energy
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
operated by the government
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
inspection; examination; check
work; business; company; study
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style