monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to order; to command; to appoint
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to have meaning; to be meaningful
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
scallion; green onion; spring onion
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
shopping; purchased goods
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
there is nothing; having nothing
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
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
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case