royal capital; imperial capital
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
to receive divine punishment
role; part; job; assignment
hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money); life's struggles
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; (arch.) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
to show; to bare (the teeth)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
old clothes; secondhand clothing
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
uncle (younger than one's parent)
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
craving for food, a cigarette, etc.; longing to have something in one's mouth
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
good-for-nothing son; profligate son
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
youthful; young; young-looking
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of