audience (with a person of high standing)
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
treachery; treacherous designs
in spite of; regardless of
to attack; to assault; to assail
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
reason; facts; propriety; sense
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
several years; a few years
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
nonetheless; nevertheless
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
financial power; financial means; wealth
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
mochi; (sticky) rice cake