fine weather; fair weather
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
delivery; issuance; handing over; granting
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to lose one's way; to get lost
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber
reconciliation; make peace with
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
after a long time; for the first time in a while
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
at first; in the beginning; originally
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
accurate; correct; precise; exact