coloured paper; colored paper
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
people; crowd; masses; the public
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
companion; partner; spouse
to want; to seek; to request
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
(academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
combination; spouse; husband or wife; married couple; husband and wife
indirection; indirectness
a long time ago; in those days
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
wicker trunk; wicker luggage
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
older brother and younger sister