concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
for this very reason; that is exactly why
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
fine weather; fair weather
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to clear up; to become cloudless
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to run up to; to rush over
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
natural voice (without a microphone)
difficult to hear; hard to hear; unpleasant to hear; painful to hear; difficult to ask
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to relax; to feel at home
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
cloche (hat); cloche (domed cover)
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
elliptical shape; oval shape
(food served on a) single plate
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)