cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
custom; habit; customary practice
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
rubbish heap; garbage dump
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka
before the gate; in front of the gate
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal