force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
without noticing; before one realizes; before one is aware of
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
breath; breathing; tone; mood
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
entreaty; appeal; petition
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
death from disease; death from illness
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
will; testament; last request
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
a long time ago; quickly; swiftly
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
return of spring; long-awaited, favorable turn of fortune (favourable)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
dark and desolate; forlorn
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
kanji (as opposed to kana); original form of a Chinese character (as opposed to a simplified or abbreviated form); Chinese character from which another Chinese character derives