walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
special; particular; peculiar; unique
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
really; truly; indeed; good grief
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
low (level, value, price, etc.)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world