eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
after that; afterwards; thereafter
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to redeem (from sin); to save
three; three years of age
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
although I say; although one might say; although called
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
feeling; sense; impression
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
encouragement of learning
pupil; student; schoolchild