honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
evening; night; nighttime
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
don't you think?; indicates question
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
various fiefdoms; various domains
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
congratulation; celebration
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
note (letter) left behind; will
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
princess; daughter of a nobleman
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
older sister; elder sister
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated