wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
mistress; kept woman; concubine
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
while; during; while; although; all; both
practice; practising; training; study
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
until now; so far; up to the present
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone