to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
will not do; do not; does not
to become famous; to make a name for oneself
thick silk cloth; coarse silk cloth; silk cloth made from coarse fibers (futoito, tamaito or noshiito)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
persistence; single-mindedness
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
near; close; beside; third person
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
cotton fabrics; cotton textiles
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
only; merely; but; no more than
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
transactions; dealings; business
river; stream; River; the ... river
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk