to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
because of; owing to; due to
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
light; right; right field; right fielder
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
of course; certainly; naturally
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
to turn right; to turn to the right
how many years; how long; what year