hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
care; precaution; guarding; caution
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
reasoning; logic; persuasion
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
charm; incantation; spell; curse
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
just one person; only one
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
edict; public announcement
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
dullard; indecisive person
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
household; home; family; housekeeping
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
to take turns; to mingle together
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
(inner) bottom of a pot; lingering recession
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)