sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
(female) beauty; beautiful woman
master; teacher; stable master
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
squeaking (of an engine, skis on snow, etc.)
immediately carrying out (a plan)
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
trip; excursion; (drug) trip; tripcode
blank space; margin; blank canvas
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)
revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
flavor of literary style; flavour of literary style
written language; literary language; classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill