period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to go ahead; to pull ahead
regarding as sacred; apotheosis; deification; sanctification
several times; several degrees
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
proposal; offer; request; application
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head
radiative cooling; radiational cooling
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami
not long has passed since ...
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
paper airplane (aeroplane)
to die peacefully; to have lived a full life
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
waste of effort; thankless task
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
moaning; muttering; complaining
pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case