plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
Island; insula; island; islet
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
victim; injured party; sufferer
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
last night; yesterday evening
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
discovery; detection; finding
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
ago; since; before; previous
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude