to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
battle formation; military formation
thousands; several thousand
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to intend; to be sure that
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
throat lozenge; cough drop
kumquat (Fortunella spp.); cumquat
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
(divine) providence; dispensation
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
one part; one portion; one section
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
periodic; regular; routine
bald mountain; denuded mountain; bare hill; treeless hill
timber from forest thinning; thinned wood
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away
bento; Japanese box lunch
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run