upper part; upper region; region above
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
polish (jewels); cultivation
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
covering; protection; backing; relief
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
mutual understanding; agreement of wills
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
when looked at in that way
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
one's own child; one's own children
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
dragon god; dragon king; naga
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
old house; deserted house
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp