to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
unseasonable; out-of-season
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to keep (a person) waiting
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
shoji (paper sliding door)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon; positive and negative (magnetic poles, electric terminals, etc.); cathode and anode
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted