to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
news; word; tidings; omen
railing; handrail; balustrade; armrest (chair)
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
servant; manservant; menial
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to leave word; to leave a message
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
good; goodness; right; virtue
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
that is to say; so that means
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward