to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
energy; military strength
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
legendary; fabled; fabulous
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner