to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
fragrant wood; aromatic tree
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
wedded life; married life
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to try all possible means
red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major); fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to find out; to discover; to locate
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
curse; spell; malediction
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
present (brought by a visitor); gift
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
abundant harvest; bumper crop
part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
water's edge; beach; foreshore
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to go into labor; to go into labour
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth