light from outside; natural light
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to pile up; to accumulate
obscurity; mystery; abstruseness
(in Japanese architecture) transom
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
less than ...; smaller ...
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
the same generation; coeval
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
root; source; origin; cause
to rule; to govern; to administer
important post; important office; key position
strong pressure; heavy pressure
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
to step forward; to volunteer
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
man; male; masculine gender
senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
(religious) faith; belief; creed
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga); path in the heavens
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)