to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
such ... as; or some such
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
river; stream; River; the ... river
wood (for building); lumber; timber
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
folding screen covered with gold leaf
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
calm; composed; leisurely
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
adds force or indicates command
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind