New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to flare up; to burst into flames
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
participant; entrant; player; competitor
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
independent action; acting alone
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained
murder; killing; murderer
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to be (deeply) moving; to pack an (emotional) punch; to be emotionally touching; to strike home; to strike a chord
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
copper saucepan; copper pot
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple)
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
weird; disgusting; sickening
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping