year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
whole summer; summer long
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
to do together; to share; to participate in
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to become red; to redden; to blush
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
both hands; both arms; ten
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
inside one's heart; in one's mind
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
together with; same; both; all; including ...
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
last night; yesterday evening
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless