straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
difficult to ...; hard to ...
such; this sort of; like this
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
how have you been?; (lit.) nothing (untoward) has happened, has it?
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
greeting; a fine thing to say
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
it's been a long time; long time no see
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
personal meeting (esp. used by females)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)