garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
all night long; all through the night
modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
this world; this life; world of the living
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
like this; this sort; this way
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
girl; young (unmarried) woman
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...