designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to watch over; to watch attentively
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
coming and going; commuting
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
lobby; lounge; recreation room; break room
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
wet nurse; nursing mother
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to fall ill; to be taken ill
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
smoothly; easily; readily
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
representative; exemplary; model
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
although I say; although one might say; although called
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
senior high school student
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about