dark night; moonless night
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
English-Japanese translation
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
modern Japanese; current written style
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
standing tall; towering; soaring
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage