to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
middle period; medium-term
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
mind; disposition; nature
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
messenger of god; divine messenger
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
pale fiery light seen in the fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp
firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
distribution; circulation
Meireki era (1655.4.13-1658.7.23)
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
to be saved from the fire
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life