bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops); teahouse garden
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
gloomy and depressing; mournful
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death; the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
self-study; self-teaching
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
spiritual awakening; resolution
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; tesuji; skillful, precise move which is the best or most efficient in a local position
thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish
style of handwriting; style of calligraphy
loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
Confucianist; Confucian (scholar)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
various matters; everything
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
troubled times; turbulent times
carelessly; inattentively
at once; there and then; immediately