feeling depressed; feeling gloomy; feeling downhearted
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker (official post in the Edo period); keeper
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
night view; night skyline; nightscape
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
red or gold circle representing the Sun; national flag of Japan; Japanese flag; Japan; Japanese government
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
Western sword (esp. sabre)
shuttlecock (in hanetsuki)
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
annual function; annual event
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
natural features; scenery; a premium; gift
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge
to become hoarse; to become husky
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
idiot; dummy; slow person
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
to take a breath; to take a short rest
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
particularly; only; in the case of
water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball