to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
flustered person; hasty person
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
tall-paneled sliding door
overbearing; unstable wrestling stance
sorry; excuse me; thank you
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
rumor of a romance (rumour)
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
my lord; my master; one's own lord; one's own master
acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to make up for; to compensate for
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status)
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting