twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
first warbling heard in a New Year
name; given name; first name
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
bedside; near one's pillow
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
hooo-hokekyo (call of the Japanese bush warbler); chirp-chirp; tweet-tweet
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
actor; actress; player; performer
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
on the way back; when about to go back
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
coming and going; commuting