thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
a short while ago; already
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
good; goodness; right; virtue
assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator
to employ; to hire; to charter
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
snake; serpent; large snake
broiled eel (usu. mixed into rice)
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
near; close; beside; third person
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to throw at; to turn; to raise
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching