year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
that year; same year; same age
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
due form; official; formality
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
it is not (like that) either
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to say; to tell; to state; to do
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged