thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
Aoi no Ue (Genji Monogatari)
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
concubine of an emperor; female court attendant who serves in the emperor's bedchamber
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
setting off (on a trip); departure
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
don't you think?; indicates question
to say; to tell; to state; to do
honorific/polite/humble prefix
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
fighting against an illness
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
emperor (of Japan); mikado
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
critical condition; being on the verge of death
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building