long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock)
lovers' talk; whispered intimacies
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to row up to (e.g. a ship)
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
sign of a ship (e.g. through fog, silhouette, etc.); outline of a ship
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree); evergreen tree
boating; sailing; navigation
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
speed of a boat; draft; draught
silence; stillness; quietness
warming one's crotch by standing over a hibachi
in low spirits; dejected; sad
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
have to do; must; should; ought to
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
the whole city; all the cities; every city
sweet viburnum (Viburnum odoratissimum); tree-shaped coral formation
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern); umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
fabrication; lie; fiction