here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
manner of using one's hands
pair; the two; both persons; both things
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form; designs and objects with a wavy pattern; sweet mochi cake
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
the Diary of Murasaki Shikibu
commencing with; including
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate, 1185-1867); age of militarist government
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
everyday life; daily life
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
cannibalism; anthropophagism
overhasty; rash; premature
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off