seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
heartfelt; sincere; wholehearted
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
proper; right; reasonable
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
4th day of the month; four days
2nd day of the month; two days
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
another thing; other things; another man's property
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
absolute beauty; classical beauty
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
pride; boast; credit (to)
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
poetry of the Tang period; Tang poetry
first month of the lunar calendar; first month; first moon of the month; new moon
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
to become damaged; to break; to worsen; to spoil (one's mood); to decrease; to diminish (profits, gains)
syllable repetition (indicating plurals)
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
each time it happens; at all such times
as is habit; the way life normally is
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon