plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
many; numerous; various; large number of
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
fine weather; fair weather
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
contradiction; inconsistency
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
arrest; custody; detention
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
lily of the valley (Convallaria keiskei)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness