condensed milk; Soviet Union
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
God; god; ace; king; superior person
meaning; significance; sense
trembling or quavering voice
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
with these words; while saying
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to comfort; to console; to amuse
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to pass (of time); to elapse
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
way; method; means; resource; course
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to shake one's head (in denial)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)