young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
soup made from boiling leftover fish scraps; fishhead soup
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
Narita divorce; divorce of a newlywed couple upon returning (to Narita Airport) from their honeymoon abroad
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
Europe and America; the West
form; method; system; formula
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
presence (impressive quality)
to discuss; to talk together
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
ninth day of the month; nine days
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
discovery; detection; finding
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
blazing heat; scorching sun
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
one's last moments; hour of death
in search of; in order to look for
older brother; elder brother
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of