thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
feeling; sense; impression
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
beginning; outset; first; onset
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
surveillance camera; security camera
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least