tenement house; row house
finally; barely; only just; gradually
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
postcard; memo; note; card
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
artist who produces Western-style paintings
young literary enthusiast
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)