to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
talk; recital; narration; topic
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
chief; main; principal; important
book title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren Buddhist chant
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
generation; lifetime; age
perpetual night; continuing all night
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
songbird; bird with a beautiful song
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
next (day, morning, etc.); following
time; moment; time of death; last moment; (arch.) midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although