frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to face on; to look out on to
municipal office; council; city hall
day-by-day renewal; rapid progress
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
square (shape); (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
hasty conclusion; rash conclusion
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
maid; helper; help; assistance
outrider; herald; rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
dental; dental consonant; dental sound
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
to learn something through hearing
doctor of Chinese (herbal) medicine
villager; village folk; countryfolk
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
every evening; every night
(not) even once; (not) ever
personal meeting (esp. used by females)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
fidelity to one's principles
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)