erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
one of these days; someday; one day
that day; the very same day
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
one's course; one's path; one's road
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
many thanks; sincere apologies
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(sliding) glass door; patio door; small floor-level opening through which dirt is swept
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
to gaze out at; to look out over
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
dandy; handsome and fashionable man; fop; chivalrous man
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic