changing completely; transformation
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
wooden house; frame house (building)
hedge; fence; border; limit
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
Java sparrow; Java rice finch (Lonchura oryzivora, Padda oryzivora)
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
to have one's horizons broadened
along the river; riverside
common reed (Phragmites australis)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
height (of body); stature
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
town management; municipal management
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
riverside; edge of a river
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
the other day; lately; recently
primary school; elementary school; grade school
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely