beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
in accordance with; according to
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
other than; excluding; without
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
proper (appearance, posture, etc.); correct; neat; straight; upright
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
directly; in person; firsthand
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
here and there; in places
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
smallish; on the small side
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
all-night vigil over a body; wake