to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
breathing of a sleeping person
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to paint (draw) a picture
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
great war; great battle; world war
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
adds force or indicates command
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good