one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to squeeze out; to wring out
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to recall; to remember; to recollect
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
adventure story; novel of adventure
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
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
excursion; field trip; school trip
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
third day of the month; three days
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
is something that; is that which
beyond this point; from now on; after this
how many years; how long; what year
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye