piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); displaying (a Buddhist image); revealing (something that is supposed to remain hidden); opening (a gambling house); holding (a gambling party)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
Nagasaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water
ōnamazu (giant catfish thought to cause earthquakes)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period
shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
to smear; to daub; to shift (the blame onto someone else)
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
annual function; annual event