reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
February; second month of the lunar calendar
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
day of spring; spring sun
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to tie; to fix; to attach
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
near; close; beside; third person
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
difference; discrepancy; variation
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to lose sight of; to miss
looking like one is waiting for someone
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency