obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
national defence; national defense
isolation; being alone; being friendless
bated breath; being cowed into silence
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
suddenly; all of a sudden
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
annotation; explanatory note; comment
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
insertion; incorporation; infixing
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to lean on; to rest against
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
stirring; slight movement
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
time bell; chime of a time bell
event; phenomenon; matter
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light