local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to head home; to leave for home
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
sunlight; rays of the Sun
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to recall; to remember; to recollect
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar