mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
person who is ...; thing that is ...
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
playing with one's fingers (a guitar, etc.)
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
this place; where one comes from; here
including (an extra work) within the same book, DVD, etc.
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
courtesy call; courtesy visit
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
gradually; by degrees; the sight of a tall soaring rock; crying; weeping
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish