comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
Yuuki Hideyasu (1574-1607)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to shine in (light); to illuminate
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)