to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
I told you so; you see that?
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
study; research; investigation
what's what; heads or tails
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to disappear completely, leaving nothing behind
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
kaoliang; variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
society; public; community; social studies
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
narrowness; meanness; humbleness; lowliness
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial