to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
gradually; by degrees; the sight of a tall soaring rock; crying; weeping
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
upper reaches of a river; upstream
village; hamlet; settlement
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
moving; changing residence; change of address
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
open air; outdoors; outside
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign