mystery; mysteriousness; secret
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
old couple; elderly couple
good feeling; feeling good
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
tail (animal); tail end; tip
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
wisdom tooth; not knowing who your parents are; person who doesn't know who their parents are
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
smelling of the sea; smelling of the seashore
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
counter for drops of liquid
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)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
water's edge; beach; shore
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
life; living; I; me; student
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce