to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down); to strum (a stringed instrument); to pluck
the worthy will be remembered; (lit.) humans (last) one generation; names (last) forever
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
one's own effort; doing single-handedly; a game (of go, shogi, etc.); a match; a dance; a (musical) composition
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
general anesthetic; general anaesthetic
Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); biwa salmon
Hanaoka Seishuu (1760.11.30-1835.11.21)
suddenly popular god; suddenly popular shrine
loud recitation (of a poem)
Sanjō Sanetomi (1837-1891)
small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang
thorn apple; jimsonweed; Datura stramonium
Imperial chrysanthemum emblem
(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
it cannot be helped; there is no way; (arch.) intolerable; (arch.) unbearable
montane zone; mountain zone
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one
to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow
bullet wound; gunshot wound
grove of the village shrine
to say as a tradition; to customarily say; to have a habit of saying
person obsessed with thoughts of sex