lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
several people; a few people
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
schoolgirl; female student
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to knit one's brows; to frown
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
door; gate; opening; title page
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)