traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
blue sky; azure sky; spring sky
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to remain married for life
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to understand (each other); to comprehend
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
leaving the nest; going out into the world; becoming independent
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to press a question; to cross-examine
real intention; true motive; true meaning
locker room; changing room; dressing room
preparation; arrangements
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
this and that; one thing or another
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out