lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
dry riverbed; river beach
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
river surface; surface of a river
bride's silk floss headdress; clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to get strong; to gain strength
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to be lacking in options; to be too few
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
unpredictability; element of surprise
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
condition; figure; appearance; voice
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
splish-splash; with a splash
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate