to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
great cause; moral law; justice
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
memories; recollections; reminiscence
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to have a talk; to tell a story
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
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)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to name; to call; to christen; to term
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to leave this world; to die
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
vase; vase for floral offerings