confections; sweets; candy; cake
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
mochi freeze-dried in the winter air
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
so; like this; in this way
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
two persons; two people; pair; couple
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
form; shape; figure; visage
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)