shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
front shrine; hall of worship
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
ritual; religious service; festival
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to burst open; to pop; to split
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)