(someone else's) child; child; kid
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
to collect; to solicit; to seek; to look for evidence; to check; to summon
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
Emperor Keikou; Keikou Tenno
root; source; origin; basis
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
order; command; life; destiny; fate
one's own property; possessions
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
scene; view; prospect; outlook
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to continue to rain or snow
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
adult woman; mature woman
azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to step back; to walk backwards
Buddhist memorial service
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
coexistence; living together