folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
-less; lacking; non-existing
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
religious exultation; ecstasy
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
under the orders of; by order (command)
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
this occasion; at this time; now
agreement; stipulation; contract
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
at the last moment; this late in the game
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
business; errand; nature of one's business
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need