lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
calamity; disaster; accident
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
two persons; two people; pair; couple
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
front; frontage; facade; main
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage
to subsist; to keep on living
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty