one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
The world is covered in darkness; All is plunged into darkness
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker
plug; full up; being filled; stopped up
preparing a bath; running a bath
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (lit.) (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
roan (type of horse colour (color))
to intertwine; to twist together
to torture; to persecute; to excruciate
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
type of conical hat that covers the whole head (used by Komuso monks)
as fierce and nimble as any; daring and agile without equal
insert (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.); foldout; insertion
makeshift; improvised; hurriedly prepared; hastily got up
endless; boundless; everlasting
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
to press (someone to do something); to make confess
pilchard oil; sardine oil
something indistinct; (lit.) a crow in a pitch-black night
calcaneus; calcaneum; heel bone
sunny spell during rainy season
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
middle third of a two-hour period
to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)
to make it worth somebody's while; to make something worthwhile
to die; to quit this world; to return to the earth; to go the way of all flesh; to part forever
means of deceiving another
fascination; glamour; glamor; enchantment; seduction
clear (miracle, sign from the Gods) manifest; plain as day; obvious; clear
breaker; breaking wave; spilling breaker; surging breaker; wave breaking
being in a helpless situation; (lit.) (like a) fish on a chopping board
(spun) silk thread; spun thread (wool, etc.)
to keep one's wits about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary of trickery
freshly-grated (e.g. daikon)
to be rehydrated; to be reconstituted; to swell from absorbed moisture
to bow (of one's back, e.g. due to age); to bend