farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
wandering; jobless; unemployed
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
reading aloud; recitation
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
mark; sign; (arch.) plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court; (arch.) nameplate
slip (of paper); tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
to intend; to be sure that
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
explanation; interpretation
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
notebook; account book; register