chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to jar; to creak; to grate
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
fourth day of the month; four days
time; hour; period; class
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
something like ...; something called ...
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
regret; repentance; remorse
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
difficult to ...; hard to ...
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly