woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year
back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out; to be discouraged; to lose heart; to give in
to concern; to be related
silently; hushed; in a still manner
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours)
compassionate and gentle woman (likened to a bodhisattva); saintly woman; (arch.) courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
star in the sky on a spring night
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to steal; to rob; to take away
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
to humiliate; to disgrace; to put to shame; to violate; to (sexually) assault; to rape
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains
to become vulgar; to coarsen
seeing clearly; (gods or Buddha) bearing witness (of)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
infuriating; maddening; exasperating; angry; furious; irritated
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals