interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
person obsessed with thoughts of sex
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
honorific/polite/humble prefix
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
about; concerning; related to; -ish
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
god of death; death deity; Death
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
greeting; a fine thing to say
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem