assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
night-clothes; heavy kimono-like quilt
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to look away; to avert one's eyes
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
successive generations; successive emperors
episode; anecdote; vignette
in one's own way or style
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud