tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
to order; to command; to appoint
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system)
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
speech; manner of speaking
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to explain away; to answer evasively
to underrate; to make light of
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to dye; to colour; to color
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
swordsmanship; line drawn by the tip of a sword when slashing
evident; plain; distinct; clear
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
course; route; path; process; stages
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. of cold)
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
one thing; one article; ulterior motive; secret intention; penis; money
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity