to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
such; like that; that sort of; very
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
chair; stool; post; office; position
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
inn town; post town; post-station town
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
to dye; to colour; to color
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
two (long cylindrical things)
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
fifth day of the month; five days
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)