ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
history of; experience of
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
originally; by nature; from the start
personal (employee); employed; retained
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
not yet known; unknown; strange
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
place; situation; position; location
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at