another (person); the other person; one more (person)
retainer; attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
father and mother; parents
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
master; expert; brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.); excellent move
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
quickly; calmly; intently
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
one's own child; one's own children
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show