cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
incident; affair; happening; event
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
this world; this life; world of the living
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
together; at the same time; same; identical
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
while; even though; despite
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
(short-term) leave allowed a servant
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
secret; private; surreptitious
last night; yesterday evening
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?