(arch.) to allocate; to compose (poetry, etc.)
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
calm; composed; collected; silently (of the passing of the night); quietly
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
secret; private; surreptitious
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
honorific affix; honorific prefix
if it is the case that ...
happy tears; tears of joy
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
monologue; soliloquy; German (language)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
something; what; why; how