to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
silence; stillness; quietness
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
worry; mental agony; heartache
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
how; in what way; how about
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like