drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
how long; how far; how much
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
passion; temper; irritability
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
regulation; adjustment; control
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
one large ...; a great ...
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
every year; yearly; annually
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
migratory bird; bird of passage
Salto (Uruguay); Sarthe (France); Sarto
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to paint (draw) a picture
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence