stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
thereupon; therefore; because of that
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara)
Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
Japanese history; history of Japan
recitation; reciting from memory
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to repeat; to do over again
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to care for someone; to look after someone
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to go out and away; to leave
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)