bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
eighth day of the month; eight days
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
to feel; to sense; to experience
oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
living; lifestyle; living room
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
moisture; humidity; dampness
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
cleaner; wiper; eraser; cleaning; wiping; polishing
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river