injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to hesitate to say; to find it difficult to say
to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
older sister; elder sister
sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer; sedan chair business
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
like this; in this way; as you see
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
tedious; boring; being fed up with
top of the head; crown of the head
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
wooden fence; board fence
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent
small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage; small garden gate
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)