waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
fortune-telling; divination
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to say; to be pleased to say
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
to dye; to colour; to color
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
imagination; supposition; guess
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to name; to call; to christen; to term
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
fortune-telling; divination
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country