to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
at first; in the beginning; originally
small administrative unit (of a village)
to start; to begin; to commence
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
(a) Buddha; deceased person
elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
in a body; concentrated force; combined efforts
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
chat over tea; gossip; small talk
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
multiplying by one; original amount; (even) more; double; twice (as much)
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
the former and the latter; A and B
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
that sort of; that kind of; that (over there); like that; in that way; so
clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism
detour; circumvention; turning movement
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
threat; intimidation; menace
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to check; to stop; to keep back
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
large landowner; major landowner; great landowner
(present) head of a family