very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
place; position; location; position; standing; status
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
fall; drop; descent; coming down
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
these guys; these fellows
inner citadel; core; center; centre
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
silence (not speaking); muteness
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
evening sky; twilight sky
fulling block; wooden or stone block for beating cloth
sleeping in a ship; sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird); restless sleep; casually sleeping together (e.g. unmarried couple)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
sublime; noble; high-minded
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
enactment; establishment; creation
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
resignation; acceptance; consolation
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
(profound) realization; awareness; one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; (arch.) obtaining (something) unexpectedly
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown