news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
to happen upon (someone or something); to happen to meet
rain and wind; driving rain
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)
lost article; something forgotten
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
usual practice; custom; common usage
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
Heian-jingu (shrine in Kyoto)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
other than; excluding; without
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
day of spring; spring sun
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)