constitution; rules; regulation
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
open field; empty lot; plain
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
calling by name; designation; nomination
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom