to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
repentance; confession; penitence
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
exemption; exoneration; discharge
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge
youthful; young; young-looking
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
middle of the night; dead of night
parting; separation; farewell
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
pleasant chat; talking amiably; laughing over; funny story; jest; joke
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to be detained; to take time
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study