please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
imagination; supposition; guess
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
hieroglyph; hieroglyphic character
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
good performance; good work; great success
rest; break; recess; intermission
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
reproachful; hateful; bitter
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
day after day; day by day
fine weather during the rainy season
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)