advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
large capital; enormous fund
street at night; making a night journey
outside Kyoto or the capital
dry riverbed; river beach
unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
intention; personal opinion
to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.); to be beside; to be close by
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
a pair (of shoes or socks)
one part; one portion; one section
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
bento; Japanese box lunch
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
nice; likeable; desirable
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
reporting; returning (one's findings to a person)
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
family name; lineage; birth; clan
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
silence; stillness; quietness
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)