mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
oracle; revelation; divine message
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel; to spur; to stir up; to arouse
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
polite; respectful; reverent
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
coating (esp. lacquering)
metal ring; metal hoop; trivet; train wheel; train
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
going out (of a noble, shogun, royalty, etc.); visit; attendance
remote mountain; mountain recesses
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on); to twist; to distort
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
drop of water; polka dots
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
pigment; paint; colour; color
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to go fast; to drive fast; to speed
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to forget to say; to forget to mention
smoothly; easily; readily