small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
fourth day of the month; four days
(not) even once; (not) ever
sleepover; overnight stay
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
illustrated storybook with yellow covers (Edo period)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
sewing; needlework; embroidery
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
world; society; people; the public
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
falling in love; attachment
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight