to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
homelessness; homeless person; being removed from the family register (Edo period)
outside Kyoto or the capital
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
to degenerate; to lapse into
dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing
third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division
honour; honor; glory; privilege
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
person who has been tattooed as a punishment for a crime (Edo period)
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
arrest; custody; detention
to become clear; to be made public
nothing but; none other than
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
torture device; instrument of torture
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to be beyond words; to defy description
mountain climbing; mountaineering
(arch.) to allocate; to compose (poetry, etc.)
request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical