this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
straw lid covering either end of a rice container
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
next (day, morning, etc.); following
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
puppy; whelp; magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep