two-storied gate; tower gate
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to sell off; to sell completely
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
price; cost; value; worth; value
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
unable to resist; unable to suppress
only; merely; but; no more than
mistress; kept woman; concubine
assertion; declaration; affirmation
deceased father; late father
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
rushing around; running wild
stationery; pen and ink; writing materials
lining up; packing tightly
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to find useful; to think highly of
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
commerce; trade; business
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal