outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
being appreciated by one's employer; meeting (someone)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
religious exultation; ecstasy
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
about; concerning; related to; -ish
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
panicled hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata); peegee hydrangea
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
congratulation; celebration
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
place of scenic beauty; picturesque place; beauty spot
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
vista; background; perspective; distant view
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
author unknown; anonymous
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
highway route (Edo period); main route
hokora; small wayside shrine
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace