feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
scattered here and there; at intervals
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
evening; early night hours
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
dusk; nightfall; twilight
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
all night; throughout the night
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with