March; third month of the lunar calendar
southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to tan (leather)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
government office; public office
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
to need; to require; to take; to demand
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
numerator; molecule; member; element
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
public morality; social morals; civic virtues
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits