talk; story; conversation
story; tale; talk; discussion
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
greeting; a fine thing to say
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
passion; temper; irritability
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
central part; heart (of a city)
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
national border; provincial border
time; hour; season; time of the year
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
family; members of a family
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately