relay station; post station; stage
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
certainly; surely; definitely
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
person who carries a palanquin; palanquin bearer
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
little finger; pinky; little toe
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to become pale; to turn pale
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
feeling; sense; impression
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
edict; public announcement