lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
missing someone; loathing to part
deep realization (realisation); profound realization; one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; unexpectedly obtaining something
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
weakening; emaciation; decline
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
complete recovery of health
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
(paper) cord for tying the hair
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
loyal retainer; loyal subject
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
sick person; patient; invalid
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount