companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
imagination; supposition; guess
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
letter; missive; note; mail
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
river; stream; River; the ... river
something like ...; something called ...
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
source of river; fountainhead
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
spring water; clear (pure) water
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
to intend; to be sure that
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all