confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
yell; shout; cry; roar; howl
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to crawl into; to work oneself into
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
resentment; indignation; anger
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
tough; stiff; inflexible; obstinate; tired; worn out
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
consideration; sympathy; compassion
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
action of making something; -ification
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum