flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
refinement; elegance; grace
in that way; like that; that way
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to pass (of time); to elapse
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
wretched life; life of misery
to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to; to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
solitude; loneliness; isolation
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen