to pick up; to find; to gather
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
banquet or reception hall
gift; souvenir; curtain; handle (on a fusuma or shoji door)
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
very interesting; of great interest
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
surrounding at a distance
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to use up all one's strength
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude