leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
early (days); initial stage; initial
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
together; mutually; fellow
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
epidemic; plague; pestilence
prevention; precaution; protection against
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda