author (usu. of a particular book); writer
recent photograph or photography
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
author; writer; novelist; artist
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
actor; actress; player; performer
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
similar story; variant tale
sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer; sedan chair business
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
sailor suit; middy uniform
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
good feeling; feeling good
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
unit; (musical) group; band
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
one by one; one at a time; in turn