to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
nowadays; in this day and age
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
change; transition; vicissitudes
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
although; though; despite the fact that ...
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
many items; pressure of business
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
if not; otherwise; or else
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
material; substance; matter
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
red; red kidney bean; sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin); bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
to join together; to combine; to join up
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category