feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
face contorted and about to cry
(religious) vow; prayer (for something by making a vow)
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
not having had enough to drink (esp. alcohol)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai (replacing the Muromachi period suō); (arch.) sleeveless robe worn by commoners
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
(social) class; rank; grade
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
many nights; hundred nights
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to accumulate one's unpublished paintings or writings
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
these days; now; recently
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
unable to stay still; unable to contain one's feelings; unable to restrain oneself