jewel; precious stone; gem
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
personal accessories (ornaments, adornments)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
all over; all over the place; everywhere
to show; to bare (the teeth)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)