to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to live; to reside; to inhabit
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
suddenly; all of a sudden
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
major incident; major happening; big scandal
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
beautiful weather; clear and cloudless sky; clear Japanese weather
company; corporation; workplace
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished