to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
nearly half a day; approximately half a day
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
to push (something) against
to close (one's eyes); to shut
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
countries; (various) nations
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
very young; little; childish; immature
natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners
the United Kingdom and the United States; Britain and America; Anglo-American
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)