technique; art; skill; move
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
master; teacher; stable master
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
both hands; both arms; ten
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
bedroom entrance; bedroom; home; family life; household
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
I'll write again soon (closure for a letter, etc.); more anon; sincerely yours; yours truly
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
kitchen; financial situation
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
lesser councilor of state; lesser councillor of state; minor councilor; minor councillor
literary woman; talented woman