birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
water spirit; water nymph; naiad
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
Judea (southern Palestine); Jews
yearned for; longed for; missed
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
drop of water; polka dots
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
traveling throughout the country (travelling)
colonnade; row of columns
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
scenery; scene; landscape
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
calm; serene; tranquil; peaceful
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
to shed tears; to be moved to tears
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
dear me; I mean; or rather
inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave