to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
number of pages; page space
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
purity; homogeneity; unadorned
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
taking (something) seriously
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
now that; since; so long as; because
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
to withstand; to be able to endure
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
question; inquiry; enquiry
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
together; mutually; fellow
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
fit for use; available; operational; practicable; usable
to lose sight of; to miss
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
root; source; origin; cause