to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to buy a large amount (of); to purchase (in large quantities); to buy in; to buy regularly; to make regular purchases; to be a regular customer
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to cense; to burn incense
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
heroine; great woman; brave woman; woman of strong character; Amazon
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
good-quality; superior in quality
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of