the preceding year; the previous year; last year
watering hole; watering place
oblique line; forward slash
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
fibrous; filamentous; fibrillary; fibriform
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
respiratory tract; air duct
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
tenth day of the month; ten days
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
four (long cylindrical things)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
March; third month of the lunar calendar
natural history; wide learning; broad area of learning
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
very young; little; childish; immature
old age; old person; the old; the aged