visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
chief petty officer (IJN); petty officer first class (US Navy)
opposite side; opposition
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
exposure to the sun; sunny place
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
convenient; handy; useful
women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII
being adopted into the family of one's bride
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
telecommunications; correspondence
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
useful thing; usable article
Morse code (esp. signalling)
dots and dashes; Morse code; radio telegraphy
sending a telegram; telegraph
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
telegraph key (switching device used to send Morse code)
to mourn over the death of
sentiment; sentimentality
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other