China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to feel; to sense; to experience
those (near the second person)
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
that's the way it is; such is life
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
together; at the same time; same; identical
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)