stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
senior; elder; person older than oneself
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
congratulation; celebration
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
thousands; several thousand
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
official announcement; proclamation
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
don't you think?; indicates question
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
to make it less expensive
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options