the Japanese syllabary symbols
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
master; teacher; stable master
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
moderate; proper; just right
softly; mildly; gently; politely
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
suggestiveness (of a poem); lingering charm; lasting impression
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)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
everywhere; wherever; nowhere (with neg. verb); nothing
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to solicit; to demand; to extort
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
body and soul; mind and body
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to slander; to accuse falsely