-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to happen to meet; to come across
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
external; superficial; outward; surface
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
repentance; confession; penitence
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
great person; eminent figure
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
Buddhism; Buddhist teachings
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
badness; evilness; bad; evil
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
white background; blank; female virgin
defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)