to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to face; to go towards; to head towards
portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to make merry; to be festive
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to recall; to remember; to recollect
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul; transfer of merit
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)