important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
of course; certainly; naturally
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
square-patterned bamboo fence; lattice fence
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
one day; (on) a certain day
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law