unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
girls' high school (pre-WWII)
woman; female; feminine gender
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
social dance; ballroom dancing
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
beginning; outset; first; onset
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said