feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
although; but; even though; I wish that
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
gleaming; shining; glistening
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)