mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
the other day; a few days ago
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
gynecology department; gynecology
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings
to trample; to crush underfoot
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
unkindness; inhumanity; heartlessness
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
had better ...; had better not ...
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
chair; stool; post; office; position
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to have a talk; to tell a story
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser