My words

ごつごつ

rugged, scraggy, angular

追う

おう

to chase, to run after, to pursue, to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend), to drive out, to oust, to expel, to drive (i.e. a herd), (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)

塔

とう

tower, steeple, spire, stupa, pagoda, dagoba

聳える

そびえる

to rise, to tower, to soar

最外

さいがい さいそと

outer-most

開口部

かいこうぶ

aperture

見て取る

みてとる

to perceive, to grasp (the situation)

覗く

のぞく

to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.), to look down into (a ravine, etc.), to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.), to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at, to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.), to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, to face

夕焼け

ゆうやけ

sunset

差し込む

さしこむ

to insert, to put in, to thrust in, to plug in, to have a griping pain, to flow in, to shine in

夕陽

Yūhi

sunset; setting sun

黄金色

こがねいろ おうごんしょく

golden, gold-colored, gold-coloured, honey-colour

異常

いじょう

strangeness, abnormality, disorder

失う

うしなう

to lose, to part with

有り様

ありさま ありよう

state, condition, circumstances, the way things are or should be, truth

永久

えいきゅう とこしえ とわ

eternity, perpetuity, immortality, Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

拘らず

かかわらず

in spite of, regardless of

鐘

かね

bell (often a large hanging bell), chime

警報音

けいほうおん

warning sound

互い

たがい

mutual, reciprocal

見開く

みひらく

to open one's eyes wide

柱

はしら じゅう ちゅう じ

bridge (of a koto, etc.), cylinder, prism

膜

まく

membrane, film, membrane

風景

ふうけい

scenery, scene, landscape, view, sight, scene (e.g. of a crime)

見る見る

みるみる

very fast, in a twinkle, before one's eyes

現像

げんぞう

developing (film), development, ( image) development

一際

ひときわ

conspicuously, noticeably, remarkably, still more, especially

脈打つ

みゃくうつ

to pound (e.g. heart), to pulse (e.g. vein), to pulsate

夕暮れ

ゆうぐれ

evening (evening) twilight

囲む

かこむ かごむ

to surround, to encircle, to enclose, to fence, to wall in, to besiege, to lay siege to, to play (go, shogi, etc.)