consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
happy tears; tears of joy
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
first 10 days of the month
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
edge of town; outskirts of a village
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
that is to say; so that means
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty