to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
though; notwithstanding; although
gossip; corner of the mouth
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
form; shape; figure; visage
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
fourth day of the month; four days
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
self-torturing; masochistic
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
all over Japan; throughout Japan
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check