period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
in the meanwhile; during the time
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka); (arch.) within the town limits of Edo
one or two; a few; small number
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
endless; boundless; fathomless; eternal
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
(amount of a samurai's) stipend
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
all people; everybody; ten thousand people