to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
residence; abode; dwelling
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
plural; multiple; several
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
study; pursuit of knowledge
art of self-defense (defence)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
anything and everything; just about everything
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
on the occasion of; at the time of
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
conviction; belief; confidence
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)