direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
13th day (of the moon); the night of the 13th day of 9th lunar month
(arch.) moon of the 13th day of 9th lunar month; leap month
moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
moon on the night before a full moon; moon on the 14th day of the month (by the lunar calendar)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come; night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar
moonrise; rise of the Moon
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
while; during (the time when)
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
waning gibbous moon; moon of the 19th day of the lunar month
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
named after; associated with; connected with
intercalary month (lunar calendar); leap month
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
joint; seam; joining point
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
master of religious ceremonies