verbal promise; one's word
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
burnt rice; scorched rice; crispy rice at bottom of cooking pan; woman who hangs out with gay men
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
French film; French movie
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
travelling alone; solitary journey
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
to do over and over again; to have sex repeatedly
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
Aomori (city, prefecture)
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
production (e.g. play); direction
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other