alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
harakiri; seppuku; disembowelment
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
descendant; posterity; offspring
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
fate; destiny; predestination
posterity; future generations
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to investigate; to consider; to pat; to rub
blue sky; erudition; detachment from the world; high rank
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
wired; cabled; communication by wire
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so
openly; publicly; in public; formally; officially; duly
illegality; (arch.) police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
three generations; three periods; third generation
feelings; thoughts; meaning