regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
what is called; what they call; so-called
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to stain one's honour (of a man); to hurt one's reputation; to bring shame upon oneself; to become less of a man
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
sensual love; love affair
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
white dragon tile; shaved pubic area; person with little or no pubic hair
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience