truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
parking area for bicycles; bicycle parking
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
memory; sense; experience
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
genius; prodigy; natural gift
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines
proposal; proposition; suggestion
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
one bow; one salute; one greeting
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to put into effect; to put into practice
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to take a breath; to take a short rest
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
such; like that; in that way
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why