seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
writing; composition; essay; sentence
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
way; method; means; resource; course
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
directly opposite; right in front
corridor; hallway; passageway
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
door; gate; opening; title page
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)