cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
reason; cause; circumstances
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
open air; outdoors; outside
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to throw into; to toss into
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
head; chief; chairman; governor; top student; head of the class
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
walking around at night; night travel; night train
leaving the capital; leaving Tokyo
being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
but; however; provided that
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
to come for the first time; to become for the first time
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
one's previous letter; one's last letter
rereading; reading again; reading a single kanji twice (with different pronunciations) in kanbun
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
to continue to rain or snow
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
special contract; special agreement; rider (insurance)