unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
in one's own way or style
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
undivided attention; concentration
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
practice; practising; training; study
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
rural districts; counties
back country; remote countryside
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth)
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
being pendent; hanging down
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
tricolour flag; tricolor flag
coffee shop; coffeehouse; café
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
general news; miscellaneous news
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread