in the meanwhile; during the time
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
Hyakken Uchida (1889.5.29-1971.4.20; novelist and essayist)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
rice boiled with adzuki beans
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
minister (of a government department)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
for example; for instance; e.g.
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
to subsist; to keep on living
4th day of the month; four days
5th day of the month; five days
7th day of the month; seven days
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)