parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
looking depressed; long face
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
service à la carte; single dish eaten by itself (without side dishes)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
dried-out; dry (e.g. hair); stale (bread)
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
another thing; other things; another man's property
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
illness; condition; -pathy
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
autumn breeze; fall breeze
to blow harder and harder
gradually; by degrees; the sight of a tall soaring rock; crying; weeping
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family