young lord; successor of one's current lord
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to hand (over); to deliver in person
other side; opposite side; other party
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
to carry into (esp. an injured person into a hospital); to take into; to bring into
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
because of; owing to; due to
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
clanging; empty; deserted
grade of wood; quality of wood; end grain; cut end; wooden grip (e.g. on a handbag)
beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
construction; building (e.g. a house); communal construction labor (in Zen Buddhism); building with the help of many people (e.g. a temple or shrine)
estimate (of costs); budget
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
inlay; inlaying; damascening
nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
very; extremely; like the devil; as a demon