hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
even if; even though; however; no matter how
adds force or indicates command
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
to go into labor; to go into labour
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading