to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
very much; exceedingly; extremely
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to be blissful; to be very happy
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
beginning; commencement; first (one comes to); approaching; affability; approachability
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
red birthmark (esp. a hemangioma)
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
short steps; mincing stride; crotch; groin; thigh
information; news; intelligence
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
sending; forwarding; shipping
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
edge of town; outskirts of a village
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss