to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
rickshaw puller; rickshawman
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
depiction; description; portrayal
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
type of picture book popular in the late Edo period
original idea; originality
practice book used in jōruri and nagauta
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
postcard; memo; note; card
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
inquisitiveness; nosiness
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
infantile neurosis characterized by crying at night and convulsions; temper; nerves
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
sick person; patient; invalid
poisoned sake; poisoned alcohol
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
Hansen's disease; leprosy
to that degree; to that extent; that much
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
openhearted; frank; broad-minded
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification