light; lamp; counter for electric lights
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
whole temple complex; all the temples on a mountain; one mountain
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
genuine article; real thing; real deal
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
(military or pleasure) expedition
mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
stable boy; stable hand; groom
reign of an emperor of Japan
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
saiga (Saiga tatarica); saiga antelope
decisive; resolute; drastic
government office; public office
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
on the way back; returning
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
improvised; impromptu; extemporaneous; off-the-cuff; ad-lib
to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant
olden-day; hidden in the past
scene; view; prospect; outlook
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)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to pass by (time); to hit too much
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over