cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
in comparison to; rather than
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
to concern; to be related
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in the same way as; just like
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
eat-in kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household