row of houses; each house; every house; every door
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
condensed milk; Soviet Union
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
talk; recital; narration; topic
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
please; somehow or other; one way or another
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
municipal office; council; city hall
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
a well equipped with a pulley for drawing water