innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
people; citizens; subjects; folk
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to run around; to bustle about
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
clearing one's throat; cough
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
lighter; (small) cargo vessel
Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture); Oki (island)
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
-less; lacking; non-existing
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
how; in what way; how about; questionable
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to talk; to chat; to chatter
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent