dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree
every year; yearly; annually
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
though; notwithstanding; although
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
oleander; Nerium oleander var. indicum; rosebay
seeing with one's own eyes; witnessing
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
frequent; densely packed; thick
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
police substation; residential police box
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
pruning tree branches to encourage new growth
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)