confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to go past; to pass; to pass by
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
wearing one's hair in braids
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
image; figure; figure; form; image
beginning (of a century, etc.)
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
left side; left-hand side
public lavatory; slut; whore; floozy
master; teacher; stable master
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
becoming worn or soiled with handling; being old-fashioned
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
collection of haiku poems
to pass (of time); to elapse
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to look around; to take a view of
while doing over and over; repeatedly
time; hour; season; time of the year