place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
steady advance; carrying all before one
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
joint together; opposite; facing
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta)
standard gojūon syllabary order (aiueo, etc.)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
(some) more; even more; longer; further
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
novel; original; new; innovative
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
difficult to ...; hard to ...
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
evening; last night; yesterday evening
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
Thai; person from Thailand
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
Japanese person; Japanese people