nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
moisture; humidity; dampness
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
handicraft; industrial art object
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
boy; son; baby boy; young man
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
wife and children; (arch.) wife
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
responsibility; duty; obligation
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
like this; this sort; this way
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate