seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
such ... as; or some such
to rise; to erect; to get up
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
little finger; pinky; little toe
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
now; the present time; just now; another; more
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
like this; this sort; this way
river; stream; River; the ... river
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
ten; 10; ten years of age
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
completion (of a building)
is something that; is that which
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)