spring water; clear (pure) water
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriageable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
lowly people (Edo period); eta
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (arch.) child from the city
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
development; exploitation
secret story; unknown episode
a little; a bit; slightly
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)