to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan; silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to trample flat; to beat a path
to rule; to govern; to administer
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
moon; Tsukuyomi (god of the Moon in Shinto and mythology)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
adds force or indicates command
to prostrate oneself before
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to revere; to respect; to worship
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)