to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved; to become a monk
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes; gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
how many people; a number of people
kingo (game similar to blackjack)
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses
kind intention; kind thought
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
suddenly; all at once; flaring up (in anger); in a flare
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
concealment (esp. of wrongdoings or criminals); sheltering; harboring
evening meal; dinner; supper
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
small stipend paid to dependants of a bereaved family (Edo period)
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift