back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
chair; stool; post; office; position
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to begin to read; to leaf through a book
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face