brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
one end; an end; part; fragment
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
feel (of a material); texture
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
seven (long cylindrical things)
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
colorless and transparent
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to invite in; to show someone in
to entertain; to make welcome
clanging; empty; deserted
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
sleeping together in a huddle
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects