condensed milk; Soviet Union
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
new; newly made; newly-built ship; new boat; unmarried woman of about 20; newly-married woman
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
low (level, value, price, etc.)
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
cherry (tree; esp. sweet cherry or Nanking cherry)
Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)
secretary (government); director; chief
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to annoy; to cause trouble
out of one's line; out of one's field
desperation; struggle to the death
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
single-mother household; fatherless family
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity