until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
now; the present time; just now; another; more
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
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 knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
please (give me); please (do for me)
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
to serve; to work for; to attend
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
deep-seated grudge; hatred
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)