tenement house; row house
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
incident; affair; happening; event
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
precinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison
to keep a watchful eye on
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
Ninpei era (1151.1.26-1154.10.28)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
murder; killing; murderer
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass