every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
(one's) youth; one's younger days
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
hatago (type of Edo-period inn for travellers)
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
in the meanwhile; during the time
(crop) yield; stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
main street; avenue; boulevard
to go past; to pass; to pass by
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
step in a Japanese entranceway
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
one's own child; one's own children
to tell all; to give a full account