one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
Uzen (former province located in parts of present-day Yamagata Prefecture)
worried look; melancholy air
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
such; this sort of; like this
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
small; fine; detailed; stingy
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
quotation; citation; reference
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
Kanagaki Robun (1829-1894)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
love story; erotic literature
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
progress; advance; improvement; development
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to bring; to take; to bring about
family or person with samurai ancestors
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
activist; campaigner; crusader (e.g. for women's rights); athlete; sporty person
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
otherwise; or else; if not
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
alley; alleyway; lane; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)