trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
settlement; solution; resolution
young greens; young herbs
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
lonely; desolate; forlornness; desolation
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
picking mulberry leaves; mulberry-leaf pickers
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
buying; purchasing; laying in
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
whiskers; sideburns; sideboards
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
day by day; every day; by the day