old poem (esp. waka); old song
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
look!; there!; here!; that is
difficult problem; challenge
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
fairyland; enchanted land
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
whispering into a person's ear
it seems so; that's what it looks like
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.; place for assignations; (Edo-period) brothel
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
room detached from main house
to let out a cry; to shout
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
shunning; ostracism; exclusion; flick (of one's finger; to express disgust, scorn, disapproval, etc.)
sound; tone; note; ring; chirp
military station; post; quarters; police station (early Meiji era)
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
(ornamental) tip of a scabbard; bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
country; one's own country
slight; little; insignificant
both; both sides; both parties