sending; forwarding; shipping
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
yesterday evening; last night
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
Bengalese finch; society finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica)
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
to need; to call for; to require
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
failure; mistake; blunder
to use up all one's strength
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
wherein; therein; thereinto
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
department store; department
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
something wrapped in a furoshiki
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate