kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica); kosso; cusso; koso; brayera
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
rice and curry; curry rice
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to loiter around; to wander about
tenth day of the month; ten days
absence; disregard; indifference
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
eternalness; forever unchanging; distant land over the sea; world of the dead
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
change; alteration; modification
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
life; living; I; me; student
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
(having) life-and-death power (over)