just past noon; afternoon
travel agent; travel agency
warding off evil; protecting against misfortune
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
hermit crab; renting a house; tenant
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
pre-war days; before the war
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
Ryukyu odd-tooth snake (Dinodon semicarinatum)
tradition; legend; folklore
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
pregnancy; conception; gestation
to press a question; to cross-examine
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say