life; living; I; me; student
traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5 event at Kamigamo shrine
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
congratulation; celebration
dry riverbed; river beach
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
keeping house; being confined to one's house
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
long (time that has passed); old (story)
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
proposal; offer; request; application
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
harmonious (couple, family, etc.); happy; affectionate; friendly; intimate
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in