widower; divorced man not remarried
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
chief; main; principal; important
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
weak constitution; ill health
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
sanity; consciousness; soberness
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)