resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
mental; spiritual; emotional
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
in accordance with; according to
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
fifth day of the month; five days
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
having no make-up; wearing no make-up; being without make-up
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle