(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
for show; for appearance's sake; ostentatiously; to look good
spring water; clear (pure) water
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple
main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
Gothic (style, e.g. in architecture); sans serif (typeface); gothic
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
departure from a country; leaving a country
with a light pull; with a gentle tug; with a small motion
the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple (located on a steep hillside overlooking Kyoto)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
keeping in check; holding back; deterrence; restraint; suppression
big hit (with); great success; great reception; great popularity; catching on greatly
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
softly; smoothly; tenderly; gently; mildly; calmly
absconding; making off; taking off; slipping away; vanishing; disappearing
ancient city; former capital
Fushimiinaritaisha (in Kyoto)
veni, vidi, vici; I came; I saw; I conquered
going to Kyoto; visiting Kyoto
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking (a company) public; performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
rows of torii gates (e.g. at Kyoto's Fushimi Inari shrine); torii corridor
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
field; field; meadow; field (of interest, study, etc.); field; field (in a form, web page, etc.)