good fortune; luck; happiness; vipaka (retribution)
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
beautiful maiko or geisha
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
education of gifted young people; providing financial support to gifted students; education
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
pupil; student; schoolchild
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
comfort; consolation; diversion
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
Island; insula; island; islet
cultivated fields; countryside
dense wood; thick wood; large (Zen) temple
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
(a) short story; short-story writer
talk; story; conversation
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
weak point; unskillfulness