something or other; anything
brush and paper; written description
to see; to look; to watch
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
favorite; favourite; habitually used
old poem (esp. waka); old song
admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...
righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration
madness; craziness; insanity
never; by no means; not in the least; why; what for
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
in bold, vivid brush strokes
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to ask; to enquire; to query
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end