successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
neighbourhood; neighborhood
fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
years of (someone's) birth and death
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
heroine; female protagonist
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
crawling on the ground; shuffling on one's knees; cripple
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, in which the "frog", "snake" and "slug" are represented by the thumb, forefinger and little finger respectively
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
woman; lady; adult female
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
at that time; in those days
metre; meter; meter; gauge
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end