sender; consignor; remitter
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
considerably; greatly; a lot
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
reopening; resumption; restarting
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
residing; living; dwelling
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
the first and second; a few
liquid; liquid hair product
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to follow another's example
female high-school student
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life