city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
mischief-maker; trickster; (arch.) lascivious person (esp. a loose woman); (arch.) useless fellow; (arch.) mouse; (arch.) rat
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fantuus
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
recollection; remembrance; reminiscence
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
police officer; policeman; policewoman
control; management; supervision
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
diagonal move (in the game of go)
-less; lacking; non-existing
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
resolute; determined; bold
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness