expatiation; enlargement (e.g. on a point); elaboration; clear explanation; paraphrasing
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
large furoshiki; big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
old clothes; secondhand clothing
old friend; familiar face
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
in the same manner as before; the same as always
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
literary history; history of literature
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
Moskovskii khudozhestvennyi akademicheskii teatr SSSR imeni M. Gor'kogo
literature; books (reference); document
collection of letters; collected letters
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work