to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
somebody (important); person of importance
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
this and that; such and such
summer vacation; summer holiday
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
seeing one off; farewell; escort
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
schoolgirl; female student
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
close; intimate; on good terms
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; merely; but; no more than
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tokutomi Roka (1868.12.8-1927.9.18)
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
original story; original version; this volume