expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
with a squelch (treading through mud, etc.); sinking into; piercing through; plunging into
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
strong defense; strong defence
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
gushing out (suddenly); pouring out all at once; bursting out
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to press (one's body, cheek, etc.) against; to rub against; to snuggle (one's head, etc.) into
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
to cry (noisily); to wail; to sob
this, that and the other; this and that
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
serious wound; serious injury
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
along the road; at the side of the road
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
temple's territory; temple's estate
to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; (arch.) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
to demand money; to pester; to extort
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme