carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
underground train; subway
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
hot water (for drinking); tea; bath; bathhouse
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
simmering; (boiling) gently
Julian; Julien; Jullian; Jurian
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)