receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
guaranteed; authentic; certified
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
(short-term) leave allowed a servant
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
ill will; malice; evil intent
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to have a reason; to have an excuse
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
in this way; thus; such; uh...
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat