northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
imprisonment; incarceration
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
of tender years; very young
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
difficult problem; challenge
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
dust; mine dust; mineral dust; airborne particles; fine powder; particulate matter
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
mineral matter; metallic property
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
layering (clothing); wearing one garment over another
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
existence; possession; having; limited company
changing; becoming; death
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition