to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
book; volume; this; present; main; head
pre-war days; before the war
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
writing; composition; essay; sentence
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (Genji Monogatari)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
to be the subject of attention; to call people's attention; to be the rage; to be of interest
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to anticipate; to foresee
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
moa (extinct, flightless bird formerly found in New Zealand)