red-light district; pleasure quarters; love affair; romance
February; second month of the lunar calendar
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
special pardon; (general) amnesty
uniformly; evenly; equally; indiscriminately; across the board
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
individual; one by one; separate; each
second offense; second offence; reoffending; recidivism
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
to become settled; to be fixed
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
throughout the year; all the year round; always
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
minutes of a pre-trial hearing; records of a preliminary examination
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
way; method; means; resource; course
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
giant; woodsman; alpinist
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
charcoal; charred remains
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
one gō (approx. 180 ml); one gō (approx. 0.33 square meters); one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house