straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
late at night; small hours of the morning
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
striking; remarkable; considerable
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to watch over; to watch attentively
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
ago; since; before; previous
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
married woman; woman; lady
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to cease; to stop; to be over