originally; by nature; from the start
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
river; stream; River; the ... river
older sister; elder sister
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
single word; a few words; brief comment
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
main theater of war; principal battlefield
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
certainly; surely; definitely
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
like this; in this way; as you see
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means