to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to machine; to cut; to scrape
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
sunlight; rays of the Sun
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
special; particular; peculiar; unique
playing (instrument); playing method; touch
to pick up; to find; to gather
to ask a high price; to overcharge
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
music; old Japanese court music; gagaku
friend; affection (for siblings)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
scripture; passage from scripture
musical composition; tune
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)