to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
at once; immediately; right now
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to watch over; to watch attentively
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
as a child; when one was a child
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
at once; there and then; immediately