river; stream; River; the ... river
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
if you think about it; come to think of it
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
flour; meal; powder; dust
to dry up completely; to become stale
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)