bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
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)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
Shōan era (1171.4.21-1175.7.28); Jōan era
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
the other day; some time ago; recently
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
should; must; -able; probably; likely
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
probe each other; sound each other out
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly