lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
one's family; family member
to be contrary to one's expectations
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
meeting hall; assembly hall
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
pet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
huge win; overwhelming victory
commencing with; including
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to become desperate; to give in to despair
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
every evening; every night
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)