court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
letter; missive; note; mail
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
speech; expression; wording; language
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
just because; even if; even though
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold