to call in; to invite; to bring in
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
again (and again); once again; yet again
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
one's history of love affairs with women
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
Koshi (former province located in present-day Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama and Niigata prefectures; later split into Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
lyricism; description of one's feelings
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
friction; discord; strife