indefinite; unlimited; life imprisonment
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to approach; to draw near
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
Western clothing; Western binding
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
rubbish heap; garbage dump
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
mole; lentigo; beauty mark; beauty spot
Asian skunk cabbage (Lysichiton camtschatcense)
flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass