Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
reconstruction; rebuilding
black; color of sediment in a still pond
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
a long time (since the last time)
carefree; free from worry
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
to put into the mouth; to eat
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
to burst (open); to break; to split
disenchantment; apathy; spoiled fun; turn-off
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word