eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
certainly; surely; definitely
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
to be transparent; to show through
reserve; reticence; unfriendliness; estrangement
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
possessed of a strong sense of duty
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
intelligence or information network
family; relatives; dependents; household
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
to kill; to defeat; to beat
duty; obligation; responsibility
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to call out; to ask someone to come
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
elder sister; effeminate man
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
entering school; school attendance
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge