beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
but; however; provided that
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
antiquity; the previous era
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
sense of duty (obligation)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
meaning; significance; sense
to be infected; to be contagious
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?