long (time that has passed); old (story)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
(surface of) field; plain; unworked surface of (quarried) stone; (rough) surface of plank
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one
unless one ...; if one does not ...
weeping forsythia (Forsythiae fructus, Forsythia suspensa); weeping golden bell
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
small garden; small place
while; during; performed in this condition
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
striking; remarkable; considerable
bunch of flowers; bouquet
spring water; clear (pure) water
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
commuting to school; school commute
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
outside the city area; suburbs
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
only; merely; but; no more than
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet