string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
dark lilac (color); royal blue
quality collar for an under kimono
withdrawing from the castle
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
restoration; repair; mending
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
rice reaping; rice harvesting
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
snake; serpent; large snake
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
coating (esp. lacquering)
rice cultivation; rice crop
one by one; each; every; at intervals of