to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
reason; cause; circumstances
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero; (lit.) to put on fine clothes
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
painting red; vermillion lacquering
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
itinerant entertainer or troupe
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
to feel; to sense; to experience
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
breath; breathing; tone; mood
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to be sooty; to be stained
shoji (paper sliding door)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other