traditional Japanese musical instrument
secondhand book fair; antiquarian book market
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to have the privilege of doing
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to take (be in) charge of
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
commander; general; leader
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
tenth day of the month; ten days
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
for the first time in one's life