tension; mental strain; nervousness
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
Japanese person; Japanese people
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
self-satisfaction; rejoicing
best regards; please take care of; please do
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
feeling; sense; impression
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to shake; to sway; to waver
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
stop (bus, streetcar, etc.)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
while; during (the time when)