(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
samurai; warrior; military family
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
how; in what way; how about
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
wild ginger trefoil coat of arms of the Tokugawa clan
father and mother; parents
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
quickly; calmly; intently