silk damask; satin damask
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to walk around; to travel around
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
courtship behavior (animals)
blessings of nature; nature's bounty; gifts of nature
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
state funeral; national funeral
web (between fingers or toes); paddle; paddle blade
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
standing tree; standing timber
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
dear friends; (all of) you or those men
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)
mist over a body of water; spray; suien; four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for