very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be conspicuous; to stand out
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
two times; twice; two degrees
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
much less; to say nothing of
Imperial reign; Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
contest; comparison; competition
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
failure; mistake; blunder
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
dry riverbed; river beach
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
innumerable; countless; numberless
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)