material; substance; matter
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
book title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren Buddhist chant
inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
entertainment (at a party); amusement; fun; trick
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
(in the) confusion (of the moment)
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
street at night; making a night journey
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder