to get information out of a person; to begin listening
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
young girl; lass; adolescent female
near; nearby; not far off
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
acrobatics; risky undertaking
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
other; another; over; more than; I; me
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
interval; break; pause; spare moment
partly open; in half bloom
used article (esp. clothes)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
adding up; totalling; totaling
to summon; to get used to call
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
to give up searching (for someone or something)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)