fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
puppeteer; puppet player; wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
plain; plateau; tableland
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
director of a district (ritsuryo system)
founder of a religious sect
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
a long time ago; in those days
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
proper (appearance, posture, etc.); correct; neat; straight; upright
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
tenth day of the month; ten days
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to glare at each other; to confront each other
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
token (effort); something done for form's sake
garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
walking briskly; determinedly
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)