to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
study; research; investigation
in the mountains; among the mountains
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
duty; obligation; responsibility
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
encouragement; urging; spurring on; chastising by whipping
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
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)
letter; missive; note; mail
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
older brother; elder brother
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
acquaintance; appreciative friend
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing