to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; (lit.) bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)
stale; hackneyed; cliched
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to let out a cry; to shout
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to pick up; to find; to gather
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
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
too much; excessively; too
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
heaven and earth; universe
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
honor; honour; credit; prestige
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre