to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
virginity; maidenhood; maidenhead
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
sublime; noble; high-minded
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
depending on; dependent on
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
ancient time; age of the gods
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to state; to express; to mention
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period
Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment