yearned for; longed for; missed
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
forgetting; lapse of memory
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
hermitage; retreat; retirement; seclusion
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)
Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
knotweed (Polygonaceae); jointweed; smartweed; water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise