scene; spectacle; sight; view
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
drop (e.g. of water); drip
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to rush over; to run up to
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
accurate; exact; punctual; neat
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
valid; effective; yuko (judo)