personality; style; appearance
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
three days and three nights
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
Fujiwara No Motofusa (1144-1230)
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to be perturbed; to be agitated
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
the future; future prospects
to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora