going downstream (in a boat)
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
Emperor Kammu; Kammu Tenno (737-806 CE, reigning: 781-806 CE)
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
creating a garden; landscape gardening
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
Eihō era (1081.2.10-1084.2.7); Eiho era
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
great difference; major mistake
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
to throw open; to leave open
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
oblong; landscape orientation
bungalow; one-story house
to change completely; to change suddenly
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
planning; project; plan; design
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
as; because; with; due to
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction