good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
in good health; alive and well; going strong
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to throw into; to toss into
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat; half the sky; mid-air; middle of the sky
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
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)
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
lamps lit at night in spring
spring labor offensive; annual spring wage bargaining round
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)