quick-tempered; impatient
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
monaural; monophonic; mono
sun shower; sudden rain from a blue sky
user's manual; instruction manual; operation manual
carrying out one's original intention
fighting against an illness
to taste; to savor; to relish
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
seventh day of the month; seven days
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
from here; from this place
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on