to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
winter landscape; winter scenery; wintry landscape; wintry scene
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
place; situation; position; location
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to become dim; to become blurred
reality; actuality; hard fact
jutting out (of bounds); being crowded out
to take off one's clothes; to undress
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to talk; to carry meaning
to do for (the sake of someone else)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to tighten; to press hard
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension