story; tale; talk; discussion
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
everyday life; daily life
observation; survey; watching
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to be muddy; to be slushy
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
tips of one's hair; hair ends
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season