to shove to one side; to look at out of the corner of one's eyes
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
how many years; how long; what year
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
Meireki era (1655.4.13-1658.7.23)
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
at least; at most; (even) just
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
secondary disease; complications
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
to let down one's hair; to undo hair
trembling from fear; trembling all over
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
health preservation; recuperation; recreation
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
male instincts; male frivolity
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
step in a Japanese entranceway