to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
on the roof; court nobles
court mourning (for the late emperor or empress); national mourning
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
March; third month of the lunar calendar
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
event; phenomenon; matter
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
had better ...; had better not ...
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
child prodigy; wonder child
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
maternal line; mother's side of the family
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
tigers and wolves; cruel and greedy brute
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
to lift down; to carry down in one's arms
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
this world; everyday world; earthly existence; mundane life
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-