in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
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
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to get hungry; to become hungry
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
ostracism; complete ostracism of a household (the harshest punishment in Edo-period village law)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out