laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
arrival of a ship; ship which has arrived
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
outside Kyoto or the capital
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
evergreen tree; conifer; pine and cypress; duty; constancy
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
sinus; cavity; antrum; neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
Monk Kisen (Heian period poet)
Kisen (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin
to chant; to sing; to recite; to write (a poem); to compose
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
temple dedicated to Kannon