to complain about one's hard lot
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
for work; in a manner related to work
human relations; personal relationships
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc.
literature; books (reference); document
participation; joining; entry; adherence
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to set (sun); to become dark
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness