futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
to attack; to assault; to assail
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be needed; to be wanted
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence