hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
swirling current; eddy; whirlpool; eddy current
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
March; third month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
just managing; with great difficulty
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
semicentennial memorial service
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence