(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
tool; implement; means; furniture
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
thick makeup; heavy makeup
clearly; brightly; crisply
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
knowing how to swim; returning a favor
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
torture to death; torment to death
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night