recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
to go to extremes; to go to excess; to go too far
having no hobbies; lacking interests; humdrum; tasteless; prosaic; vulgar
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
epic (e.g. poem); descriptive; narrative
to do; to have sexual intercourse; to give; to present; to award
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
seeing through; perceiving; noticing; getting wind of
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
within; inside of; less than
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
naked eye; the physical eye
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
writing; composition; essay; sentence
famous literary composition
beginning writing (a draft); drafting
weak point; unskillfulness
exemplification; illustrating by example
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
establishment; settlement
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud