jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
affidavit; deposition; testimony
library; book collection; paperback book
translation with notes; translator's notes
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
Ueda Akinari (1734.7.25-1809.8.8)
modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
chief; main; principal; major
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
mixture; impurity; adulteration
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
never mind!; don't worry about it
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...