illegitimate child; bastard; love child
while; during; while; although; all; both
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
in comparison to; rather than
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
world; society; people; the public
is something that; is that which
transcendence; excellence; superiority
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
newspaper reporter; print journalist
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
way; path; route; along the way; along the road
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
incident; affair; happening; event
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
being concerned about or mindful of
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray