obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
study; research; investigation
retreating figure; appearance from behind
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to provide; to arrange; to install
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
button (clothing); push-button
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...