two persons; two people; pair; couple
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
inn town; post town; post-station town
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to change completely; to change suddenly
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to be surprised; to be astonished
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
convenient; handy; useful
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few