to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
silver vine (Actinidia polygama); cat powder
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
a pair (of shoes or socks)
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)
cruelty; hard-heartedness
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to snatch from; to steal from
to state; to express; to mention
(ornamental) tip of a scabbard; bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever
(ornamental) tip of a scabbard; bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
newly forged sword; sword made after the year 1615
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous