training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to become the subject of rumours or conversations
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
water-drawing ceremony (performed at Tōdaiji on March 13); rite of drawing sacred water
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
spring snow (usu. large snowflakes)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
(arch.) sudden; (arch.) abrupt; (arch.) stupid; (arch.) foolish; attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
river surface; surface of a river
to be glossy; to glisten; to shine with a luster; to look alluring; to be sexy; to be seductive
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
crowded (e.g. with people); overflowing
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)