to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
farming; agriculture; cultivation
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something