only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
exemption; exoneration; discharge
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
one by one; one after another; successively
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
along the river; riverside
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship