to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
sour kombu prepared with black vinegar
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
opening and shutting; opening and closing
with surprise; with a start; fiercely (glare; in kabuki)
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
railway bridge; iron bridge
village lacking a doctor; doctorless village
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
direct unforked road; straight path
to grow taller (of people)
how; in what way; circumstances
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
to quicken one's pace (steps)
old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
residence; housing; residential building
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
back side; back end; posterior; rear
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal