rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to complain about; to grumble; to make an excuse for
the future; future prospects
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow