fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
flag with a red circle on a white background; the Japanese flag
factory worker; craftsman; artisan
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
great numbers; numerical superiority
someone who has come to say farewell; those who have come to say farewell; people at a send-off
moving about; stirring about
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to push aside; to push one's way through
returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate