ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
white horse; unrefined sake
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
pine needle; small gift; souvenir
on the left as one faces (it)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary
does not; do not; will not do
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
human intellect; knowledge
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
final; eventual; ultimate
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)