way; method; means; resource; course
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
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)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
by myself; in person; by oneself
no!; no no!; no, not at all
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
government office; public office
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
a married woman's paramour; lover
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
such; like that; that sort of; very
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
than; from; out of; except; but; more
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK