what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
dwelling; house; residence; address
parting; separation; farewell
to jump upon (a moving object)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
evening; last night; yesterday evening
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
on the occasion of; at the time of
rather; better; instead; if anything
Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut