counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to lose one's footing; to slip
savage; barbarous; rustic
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
bird's egg (esp. a chicken egg); chick; baby bird (esp. a baby chicken); eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy); eggshell (colour); red and white oval rice cakes
serious wound; serious injury
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
ignorance; inexperience; unfamiliarity
unkindness; unfriendliness
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
nothing new; same as always; nothing new about it
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
besides; moreover; in addition