middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
violent emotion; passion; fury
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
conscientious; scrupulous
esoteric doctrines; mysteries
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
goodness; excellence; virtue
lamentation; sorrow; grief
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
plainly; clearly; vividly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
pulsation; pulsatory motion
dreamlike; dreamy; phantasmagorical
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
model; pattern; paragon; leader; teacher
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher; slices of raw chicken meat; chicken sashimi
grenadier; grenade thrower
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
dried young anchovies (or sardines)
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to be overcome with emotion