to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
already; now; no longer; not any more
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
(someone else's) daughter
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
grandfather; male senior-citizen
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave