disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
piece of evidence; evidence
benevolent act; healing act
benevolence; charity; love
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
in the same way as; just like
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to run out (e.g. of the room)
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
boasting; bragging; talking big
confusion; distraction; derangement
end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.); end of a palanquin carrying pole; palanquin bearer
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer