to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
silence (not speaking); muteness
to apply pressure to; to press
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
desperation; self-abandonment
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
at the last moment; this late in the game
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
(your) daughter; young woman
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
request; appeal; claim; purchase
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
everyone at once; everyone together
to say; to tell; to state; to do
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to accept; to receive; to agree