illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations); nickname; section of a village
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
upper reaches of a river; upstream
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate
ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures
clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
seventh day after a person's death; first seven-day period after a person's death; (arch.) seven days; (arch.) one week
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
revelatory dream; revelation; a vision
conception; becoming pregnant; pregnancy
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
build; physique; appearance
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
evil spirit; demon; devil
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
righteousness; justice; right