important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
shades of evening; dead of night
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
spiritual realm of humanity
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
baboon; lecher; dirty old man; skirt-chaser
that is to say; so that means
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
article; news story; report; account
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku
complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
with a bang (clash, bump)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say