to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
edge of the eaves; house frontage
very young; little; childish; immature
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
traditional; conventional
children's song; nursery song
as a child; when one was a child
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
(game of) catch-the-child
to palm off; to force a sale
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
to have meaning; to be meaningful
for example; for instance; e.g.
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out