box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
thought; consideration; thinking
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to entrust; to leave to a person
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (arch.) child from the city
second-year student; biennial
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
amusement (recreational) facilities
even if not; even without
to take; to catch; to capture
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
tag (children's game); tig
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
at least; at most; (even) just
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to pay attention; to be watchful
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
Yūyake Koyake (1919 children's song)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
difficult to ...; hard to ...
about; concerning; as to; regarding
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to