uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
(period of) a year; during an era
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
ago; since; before; previous
difficult to ...; hard to ...
premarital sexual relations (intercourse)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rush over; to run up to
both hands; both arms; ten
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
such; like that; that sort of; very
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
absentmindedness; peace of mind
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
looking away; looking aside
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
courting; wooing; making advances
to be softened; to calm down