thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
cool breeze; refreshing breeze
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
type of jōruri (dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen)
master; teacher; stable master
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
captain (of a Japanese-style boat); skipper; boatman; oarsman; head of a fishing crew; fishing master
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all; not in the least
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
common reed (Phragmites australis)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
shore; bank (of a body of water)
touting; soliciting; luring; tout; barker; pander
several people; a few people
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly