wetting; love affair; lover
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
triangle; triangular shape
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
street stall; stand; booth
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
named after; associated with; connected with
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
close to the wall; alongside the wall
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
loved one; lover; sweetheart
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)