reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
deep affection; excessive love
transparency; degree of clearness
another; different; something else
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
staff with plaited paper streamers
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)
lying on one's back; lying face upward; lying supine
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
famous brand of sake; choice sake
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
ages; long time; decade; ten years (ago)
moment; instant; short amount of time
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
abstruse; occult; mysterious
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
recollection; reminiscence
stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up
to give birth to; to have a stomachache
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world