to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to dance; to perform a dance
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
minister (of a government department)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
excessive profits; unfair profit; exorbitant interest; usury
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
(the) ignorant masses; untaught populace; unlearned people
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
absence; disregard; indifference
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
bow; bowing (and greeting); declining; refusing
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to hand (over); to deliver in person
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
hosho paper; emperor's message; shogun's message
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to read aloud; to read to someone
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)