very; greatly; exceedingly
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
New Year's pine decoration
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
curtain; hanging; bunting
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
Imperial countenance; face of the Emperor
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
scenery; scene; landscape
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
transferral of a sacred object from its place of enshrinement; imperial procession
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum)
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
importation; ingression; migration; transfection
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
quickly; calmly; intently
old Japanese court music; gagaku
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)