public holiday; celebration (of)
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
the whole world; the seven seas
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
secret art; the mysteries
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to fold up; to fold into layers
pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to sprinkle salt on; to salt
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to dazzle; to make dizzy; to bewilder
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
amount of light; quantity of light
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb