to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
ill-natured; of mean disposition; malicious; poor-quality; of poor quality
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
floral decoration; floral ornament
to string along (of rope, etc.)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
the public; general public
vista; background; perspective; distant view
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
long ago; previous; of a former age
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
check (pattern); ichimatsu doll