work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
many communities (villages); cluster of plants
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
-less; lacking; non-existing
egg candling; egg testing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
woman; female; feminine gender
fascination; glamour; glamor; enchantment; seduction
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
letter by letter; character by character
in this way; thus; such; uh...
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
briars; thicket; the bush
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)