clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
colored picture; coloured picture; painting
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
second (unit of time); arc second
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
all ages; great antiquity; eternity
Imperial countenance; face of the Emperor
self-satisfaction; rejoicing
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
the court; palace circles; palace floor
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
100,000; hundred thousand
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
like this; in this way; as you see
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
on hand; readily available
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)