to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
wetting; love affair; lover
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
triangle; triangular shape
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
area; region; district; locality
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
street stall; stand; booth
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
named after; associated with; connected with
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
close to the wall; alongside the wall
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven