formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
must not; should not; do not
religious exultation; ecstasy
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
in comparison to; rather than
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
tanka appendage to a long poem
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
secret; private; surreptitious
to call each other; to call out to one another
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
how; in what way; how about
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
particularly; only; in the case of
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity