state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
even though; despite; notwithstanding
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
labor; labour; toil; hardship
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
great favor; great favour; obligation
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
way; method; means; resource; course
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
other; another; over; more than; I; me
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
freedom; free man; free woman
mountain road; mountain trail
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
(distant) howling; backbiting
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
in succession; one after another
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up