key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
group; bunch; crowd; group
dwelling; house; residence; address
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to take up one's residence
relationship based on intuitive understanding of each other
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
child from a previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to hide; to conceal oneself
perception; sensing; noticing
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
otherwise; if not; or else
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
preservation; retainment; keeping
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
starry night; starlit night
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels