success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable
scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
one's way (ahead); one's path
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
Island; insula; island; islet
inland sea; inlet; gulf; (arch.) lake
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
to blow harder and harder
to jar; to creak; to grate
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)