no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
thorough; exhaustive; complete
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to be helpful; to be useful
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
message; informative matter
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
long-awaited; much-awaited
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
professor; teaching; instruction
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
senior high school; high school
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do