to intend; to be sure that
fourth day of the month; four days
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
the same place; that place
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
changing residence; moving to a new address
cramped home; one's humble abode; hovel; pigsty; cottage; squalid hut
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
old couple; elderly couple
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
viaduct; overhead bridge; overpass; land bridge (biogeography)
seeing off and meeting on return
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
pieces; scraps; disconnected
brilliant; bright; radiant
evening sky; twilight sky
launching out; embarking upon (a career)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
soft (esp. of softball, tennis, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)