cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
step; stride; counter for steps
without; but if; otherwise; or else
trembling or quavering voice
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
to be injured; to sustain a wound
most of all; extremely; supremely
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
to indicate; to show; to point to
weird; disgusting; sickening
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing