famous product; widely known (local) specialty
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
good correspondent; ready writer
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
court council; privy council
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
for a while; for some time; for a period
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper