with a momentary flash of light
preparation; arrangements
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
with a rosy future; offering promising prospects
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
greenish nasal mucus; green snot
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
instant; moment; for an instant
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
bunch of flowers; bouquet
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
dead child; stillborn child
hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
there is a tendency; there is a possibility
Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
February; second month of the lunar calendar