ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
overbearing; unstable wrestling stance
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
confections; sweets; candy; cake
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
a little bit; a little while
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day)
starting; engaging; expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go); barb
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
one revolution; one rotation
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
meditation; contemplation