to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
very young; little; childish; immature
progress; advance; improvement; development
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
the place for; the time for; the level of
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
birth; creation; formation
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to gather; to collect; to assemble
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site