rather than; more ... than ...
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds or rabbits
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
imagination; supposition; guess
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
at some point in the past; at some stage
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness; to have a secret abortion
aborted fetus (foetus); miscarried fetus; stillborn fetus; newborn baby
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
near oneself; close to one; familiar
existence; being; presence
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
hatago (type of Edo-period inn for travellers)
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food