to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
plural; multiple; several
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
blazing heat; scorching sun
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to rain incessantly; to downpour
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more