shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times; the seven common disguises of ninja
innocent girl; naive girl; virgin
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
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
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
a long time (since the last time)
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for