to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
kitchen; financial situation
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
withdrawing from the castle
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
business trip; official trip
arrest; custody; seduction; abduction
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
daughter (of a good family)
to finish; to end; to be completed; to fulfill one's obligations
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to come to an end; to rest
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
place; situation; position; location
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe