sad news; news of a death; death notice
discouragement; disappointment; loss of energy; fatigue
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
to make sense; to be meaningful
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
intimacy; affection; familiarity
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
wall with exposed timber pillars
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
atrium; chamber of the heart
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)