to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
parting; separation; farewell
yearned for; longed for; missed
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
foundation stone; cornerstone
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
serious; not joking; straight
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
black and white; right and wrong
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting