the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
messenger; envoy; emissary
feminine; womanly; female
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
light brown; golden brown; tan
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
blood relationship; blood relative
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
four (long cylindrical things)
partly open; in half bloom
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
legendary beast; magical beast
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness
slimy; slippery; (arch.) (moving) slowly
surface of the water; face of the water
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil