to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
weakness; effeminacy; enervation
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
reception room; parlor; parlour
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to be in danger of; to be liable to
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
chair; stool; post; office; position
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
excursion; round trip; seasonal migration (of fish, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
advantage; point in favor; point in favour