to badger; to pester; to beg
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
one's house; one's home; one's family
to spread; to be propagated
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
ago; since; before; previous
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
to arrive home; to return
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
tension; mental strain; nervousness
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
last night; yesterday evening
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
much less; to say nothing of
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both