to amuse oneself; to make merry
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
correspondence; exchange of letters
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
postcard; memo; note; card
stationery shop; a stationer
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
female friend; woman friend
drawing blood; collecting blood
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
reading too much into (what ... says)
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary); depositing ashes
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
larger section (of village)
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
to blow through; to blow across
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily; with white noise; with a buzz
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up