bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
several times; a few times
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
early (days); initial stage; initial
court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
god of death; death deity; Death
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
description; describing; depicting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to cry and shout; to scream
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around
to fall off; to tumble down
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to become pale; to turn pale
otherwise; or else; if not
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
many; numerous; various; large number of
to explain adequately; to be accountable