ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
that; he; she; that person
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
-less; lacking; non-existing
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
copying (by hand); transcribing
script; libretto; scenario
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
Haifu Yanagidaru (collection of Edo-period senryu)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
presumption; assumption; estimation