parting; separation; farewell
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
to draft; to write a rough copy
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
business; errand; nature of one's business
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
preface; foreword; introduction
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
literary (and the arts) column
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
distress; anguish; mental suffering
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
Suzuki Miekichi (1882.9.29-1936.6.27)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
children's song; nursery rhyme
in succession; one after another
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
posterity; future generations
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)