shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
compulsory; unavoidable; necessary
(political) power; authority; influence
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
one person; ordinary; common
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
(another's respected) father
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground