great wisdom; excellent disposition; strength (to face something); willpower; vigor
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
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(Edo-period inn) maidservant
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
vast; limitless; boundless
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
advanced level; high grade; senior
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
whatever (the case may be)
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
dry riverbed; river beach
Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
preparation; provision; guarding
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
firm; strong; solid; stable
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
personal affair; one's own affair
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause