underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; flattery; flatterer; Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
military science; strategy; tactics
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
father and mother; parents
family; relatives; dependents; household
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
supporter; sponsor; patron; backer
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
(execution by) decapitation
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m