indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
as was expected; sure enough
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
way; course; the only way
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
one's destination; place where someone is going; source (of an object); origin; branch office
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
yen (currency of Japan); circle
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to make an appearance; to show up
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
first third of a month; first ten days of a month
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
warrior; soldier; samurai; government official serving the imperial court during the Nara period
drinking party; banquet; feast
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; community (of people with a shared trait, members, fans, etc.); scene; enthusiasts
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes