great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
third day of the month; three days
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
Tokushima prefecture (Shikoku)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
adds force or indicates command
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to be silent; to say nothing
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever