thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(waka) poetic sentiment; waka-composing mood; solid grounding in waka; meaning of a waka poem
dawn; daybreak; beginning
panorama; panoramic painting
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
abandoning; giving up; quitting
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
unhappiness; sad fate; misfortune
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
wavy form; ripply shape; waveform
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
gallery (of a theatre); audience (at a theatre); the masses; the general public
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening