wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
present continuous tense; present progressive form
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
extract; excerpt; selection
March; third month of the lunar calendar
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
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 the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
author; writer; novelist; artist
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
the way back; the way home; return trip
un-Japanese in appearance or character
slow; sluggish; bushy (hair); thick; unfashionable; lacking style
single-lens reflex camera
armband; arm band; brassard
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
unexpectedly strong rain (for the region, etc.); sudden rain
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to snatch from; to steal from
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
surrounding at a distance
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
one's way back; one's way home