blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
the whole year; all the year
refined taste; elegant pursuits
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
fiction writer; dime novelist
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
to hint; to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
(medical) doctor; physician
(water-filled) paddy field
payment to the government
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
talk; recital; narration; topic
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
last days; the end; one's fate
dreary; bleak; lonely; lonesome; desolate
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
mediocrity; ordinary ability
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
the ways of the world; human nature