to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
road mirage; water mirage
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
bragging; showing off; pride
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
to get late; to advance; to wear on
Japanese snake gourd (Trichosanthes pilosa)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
half a ri (distance measure)
particularly; only; in the case of
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
small grain; small stature or ability
difficult to ...; hard to ...
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
other side; opposite side; other party
to fall off; to tumble down
child's tear-stained face
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
manners; behavior; behaviour
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
flour; meal; powder; dust
feudal retainer or warrior
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
(plain) hot water; boiled water
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly