fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
products originating in Kansai (Edo period)
lighter; (small) cargo vessel
transportation by water (e.g. by ship)
intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude
excretion; discharge; excrement
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
break in time; interruption; pause
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
to come and go; to go back and forth
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
adopted daughter; foster daughter
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to use up all one's strength
one's condolences; feelings of sympathy
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to collect; to solicit; to seek; to look for evidence; to check; to summon
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh