to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
the Emperor's voice; beautiful voice; beautiful sound
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
self control; self restraint
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
one thin flat object; one sheet
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
March; third month of the lunar calendar
ninth day of the month; nine days
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
brightness; splendour; splendor
since when; from when; how long
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
grayish color; greyish colour; grizzled hair
such; like that; that sort of; very
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)