servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
very hungry; starving; ravenous
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
day of month; counter for days
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
waste-water container (tea ceremony); slop jar; slop basin
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
four corners; four ordinal directions
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
life; living; I; me; student
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...