library (usu. single-room); small library
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
pansy (Viola tricolor var. hortensis); garden pansy
as you see; as you can see
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
everyday life; daily life
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
long ago; already; a long time ago
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled