best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year; name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
fabrication; lie; fiction
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
reading matter; reading material
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
slim; slender; slight; delicate
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
living thing; living creature; animal; life
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression