brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
tradition; legend; folklore
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
pupil; student; schoolchild
attendance (at school); going to school
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
as (for); for; in the capacity of
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
this is why; this means; it is the case that
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
of course; certainly; naturally