event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
please (give me); please (do for me)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
crops; agricultural produce
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
devil; evil spirit; genie
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to do together; to share; to participate in
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
all present; all concerned; all of us
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month