to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
at first; in the beginning; originally
small administrative unit (of a village)
to start; to begin; to commence
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
a Buddha; deceased person
elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
the former and the latter; A and B
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
such; like that; in that way
detour; circumvention; turning movement
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
threat; intimidation; menace
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to check; to stop; to keep back
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
(present) head of a family