terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
person who is ...; thing that is ...
to entrust; to leave to a person
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
fifth day of the month; five days
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk