water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to be perturbed; to be agitated
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
family of samurai lineage; person with samurai ancestors; shizoku; the second of three official classes in Japan in 1869-1947, consisting of former samurai
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
you (plural); all of you; you all
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
you; (arch.) your residence
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe