once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration
nowadays; in this day and age
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
I have nothing to do with it
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
surface of the water; face of the water
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
plank of a bridge; bridge plank
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock)
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
center of a lake (centre); middle of a lake
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
cross; crossed; cruciform
control; check; restraint; inhibition
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to find out; to discover; to locate
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly