bashful; shameful; ashamed
to bring up under one's personal care
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to brave a danger; to take a risk
possessed of a strong sense of duty
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
occasional; infrequent; rare
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
piece; fragment; one (object)
to die; (lit.) to become bones
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
autumn silkworms; fall silkworms
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord