beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
Shimane prefecture (Chūgoku area)
footwear; footgear; shoes
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
change of occupation; career change
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
and (also); both ... and; as well as
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple
interval; break; pause; spare moment
religious exultation; ecstasy
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
needlework; sewing; seamstress
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to be in a different genre; to belong to a different category
to surge; to well up; to gush out
spider's thread; spider silk
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
new style poetry; new style poem
sensibility (artistic, moral); (good) taste; sentiment
hearing the teachings of Buddha
back country; remote countryside
leaving for the capital; leaving the capital
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to squeeze out; to wring out
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise