rope; cord; policeman's rope
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead)
government office; agency; board
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
dry riverbed; river beach
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to approach; to draw near
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
and then; and so; and; so then
small plank; piece of wood
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
congratulation; celebration
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully