quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
(a place) out of one's reach
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
half the body; half length
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
good person; virtuous person
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs