prosperity; flourishing; success
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
people; citizens; subjects; folk
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
either way; in any case; one way or another
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
very; greatly; exceedingly
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement