year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
town; city; municipal; urban
to move (house); to change residence
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
wealthy person; millionaire
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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)
author; writer; novelist; artist
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
every evening; night after night
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
be (that) as it may; having said that
kitchen; financial situation
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)