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
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
police officer; policeman; policewoman
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
land near a castle; castle town
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
have a good day; take care; see you
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)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)