artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
how long; how much; to what extent
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
trivial; minor; insignificant; peripheral
tip of a twig; tip; end; trifles; trivial matters
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to begin to know; to know for the first time
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
racial spirit; national spirit
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
reflection; consideration
to be contented; to be at ease
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
to think of; to come up with
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding; instructing in Buddhism; converting (someone) to Buddhism; advocacy
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
same kind; accomplices; companions
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah