pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
in the meanwhile; during the time
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
distinguished service; meritorious service
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
defense of one's country; defence of one's country
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)
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to be opposite; to face each other
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement; fresh flower; natural flower
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement