to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
origin; source; beginning; starting point
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to spend time (on doing something)
first cry of a newborn baby
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
workshop; studio; atelier
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to be erected; to be built
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
field; plain; prairie; moor
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
treasure house; storage for valuable property
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
creation; Creation (by God)
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
than; other than; except; but
to shed tears; to be moved to tears
handicraft; industrial art object
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica); kosso; cusso; koso; brayera
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
audience; attendance; hearers