care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
remote mountain; mountain recesses
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
overlapping; piling; stacking
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
popular; common; commonplace
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
diversion; putting something to another use
two ways; both ways; two kinds
to become inverted; to become reversed
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
noh mask used for old man roles (usu. black)
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
carving; engraving; sculpture
retention; maintenance; preservation
large crowd; mass of people
arts; crafts; handicrafts
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to shake; to sway; to waver
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to stretch; to extend; to gain influence; to become stronger; to go further; to extend one's journey; to smooth out
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
level ground; horizon; field of view
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
outside telephone line; outer circle