common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to be injured; to sustain a wound
peril; danger; hazard; distress
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan); Soviet Union
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
elementary and middle schools
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
young person; youth; young
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
cowpea (Vigna unguiculata); cow pea; black-eyed pea; southern pea
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
culm (hollow stem of a grass)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
unexpectedly; surprisingly
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
guardian deity of one's birthplace
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
somehow; for some reason or other
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright