brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
to correct oneself; to restate
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
calamity; misfortune; disaster
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
urgent report; urgent message
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
warp; curvature; curve; arch
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
together with; same; both; all; including ...
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
here and there; in places
occasional; infrequent; rare
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind