suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 降りしきる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to happen repeatedly; to happen over and over again - orig. meaning - archaism

adverb:

• on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

pronoun:

• beyond; across; the other side; the distance

noun:

• beginning of the year
• the oldest person ［としがしら］

noun:

• role of the villain; the bad guy

noun:

• the calamity of being killed by the sword

noun:

• all the points in question; the whole point

noun:

• inspection by the empress or the crown prince

noun:

• visit by the empress or the crown prince

noun:

• blister (on the sole of the foot); corn

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• game like "pin the tail on the donkey"

noun:

• the lower classes; the common people

noun:

• striking with the back of the sword

noun:

• horizon; point where the sky meets the earth

noun:

• (in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)

noun:

• Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish ➜ ドラド

noun:

• sword inscribed with the name of the swordsmith

noun:

• industrial reserve force
• the ranks of the unemployed

noun:

• temple built at the order of the emperor

noun:

• Holy Communion; the Eucharist; the Lord's Supper

noun:

• coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito

noun:

• break (change for the worse) in the weather

noun:

• the whole world; south of the Big Dipper - archaism