woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
one person; another name; nickname; alias
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
late at night; at a late hour
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
serious; not joking; straight
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect