side gate; side door; service entrance
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
one's house; one's home; one's family
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
the first and second; a few
to move forward; to move on
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
busy; having no (free) time
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
beyond that point; after that
in advance; beforehand; previously
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
arrest; apprehension; capture
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
(not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
look!; there!; here!; that is