Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka
reminiscences; talking about old times
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
reprint; reprinting; second edition
author; writer; novelist; artist
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to complain about; to grumble; to make an excuse for
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
planning; project; plan; design
cooperation; collaboration
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
bravery; courage; heroism
how long; how much; to what extent
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
subscriber; reader; admirer
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
person from the Kansai region
man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)