next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
adds force or indicates command
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to live; to reside; to inhabit
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
near; nearby; not far off
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
even though; despite; when
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to surround; to crowd around
stirring; slight movement
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to listen attentively to; to be lost in