disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)
image; figure; figure; form; image
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sunny spell during rainy season
here and there; in places
Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
until now; so far; up to the present
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
a little bit; a little while
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)