to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
timetable; schedule; allocation of time (e.g. to tasks); time usage
starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
directly opposite; right in front
house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.); contemptible person; skunk; wretch
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
whistle (sound made with the lips)
go that far; to that extent
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to forget to put in; to leave out
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
living room (Japanese-style)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
January; first month of the lunar calendar
that day; the very same day
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it