one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)
to bring; to take; to bring about
should; must; -able; probably; likely
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to crack; to develop a crack
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer