to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
day of the Rat (esp. the first day of the Rat in the New Year); (arch.) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots; (arch.) pine shoot pulled out by the roots
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
fate; chance; relationship; tie
all right!; that's it!; thank God!; good!; I've got it!; I've done it!
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)