irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
news bureau; press bureau
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
divide; parting; carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder; hair parted in the middle
cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
house search (e.g. by the police)
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
to wash again; to reconsider
donation; contribution; offering
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
parliamentarian; member of a congress
confirmation; certification; ascertainment
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
unsettled; pending; unresolved
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
serious condition; critical condition
all companies; each company
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
examination; investigation; prosecution
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
answering machine; answerphone
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
freely; frankly; without reserve
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in