near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
silence (not speaking); muteness
mountain road; mountain trail
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to choke; to have trouble breathing
one day; (on) a certain day
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
dealing with; coping with
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means