to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
splendid haiku; well-turned phrase
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to get angry; to lose one's temper
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
historical or legendary practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
refinement; elegance; grace
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game of go
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
rickshaw puller; rickshawman
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
type of picture book popular in the late Edo period
practice book used in jōruri and nagauta
postcard; memo; note; card
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
inquisitiveness; nosiness
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
infantile neurosis characterized by crying at night and convulsions; temper; nerves
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
sick person; patient; invalid
poisoned sake; poisoned alcohol
Hansen's disease; leprosy
to that degree; to that extent; that much