to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
polite; respectful; reverent
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
coating (esp. lacquering)
metal ring; metal hoop; trivet; train wheel; train
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
remote mountain; mountain recesses
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
drop of water; polka dots
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
pigment; paint; colour; color
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
to go fast; to drive fast; to speed
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to forget to say; to forget to mention
smoothly; easily; readily
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
like this; this sort; this way
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to get late; to advance; to wear on
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
even if ...; even supposing that ...