(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
Nakahara Chuuya (1907-1937)
flowering crab apple (Malus halliana); Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus); Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis); Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata); aronia (flower)
episode; anecdote; vignette
lively group (usu. young people); dynamic bunch; group (art)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
manner of using one's hands
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
pointing out; identification
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
talent for poetry; poetic genius
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to be found; to be discovered
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
floating bridge; pontoon bridge
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...