to approach; to draw near
young master; son of a high-ranking person
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
ten; 10; ten years of age
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
to dry up; to exhaust (e.g. resources, talent)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly