first cockcrowing of the year
chise; traditional Ainu house
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
pitch dark; total darkness
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
collection of books; (personal) library
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
along the river; riverside
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at