agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to dye; to colour; to color
evening sky; twilight sky
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
castle tower; keep; donjon
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
metre; meter; meter; gauge
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; flattery; flatterer; Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
Kanbun era (1661.4.25-1673.9.21)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
scale; scope; plan; structure
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
righteousness; justice; right
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
that day; the very same day
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment