to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
unrequited love; one-sided love
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
late at night; at a late hour
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
summer vacation; summer holiday
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
Nagano (city, prefecture)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
rape (Brassica rapa); common rape; cole; coleseed; coleseed greens
telephone exchange number
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
sweet and sour; bittersweet
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
melodic incoming call tones (esp. mobile telephones); ringtone; ring tone
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course