to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
single word; a few words; brief comment
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
library; book collection; paperback book
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
in the meanwhile; during the time
shoji (paper sliding door)
three sides; small offering stand
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
moisture; humidity; dampness
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
blue mold; blue mould; penicillium
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
to go bad (of food); to spoil; to turn sour
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
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
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)
to be sooty; to be stained