lovers' talk; whispered intimacies
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
scolding; reprimand; lecture
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
sign of a ship (e.g. through fog, silhouette, etc.); outline of a ship
tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree); evergreen tree
Ochanomizu (Tokyo district); Ochanomizu (Kyogen play)
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
speed of a boat; draft; draught
silence; stillness; quietness
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
warming one's crotch by standing over a hibachi
dejectedly; in low spirits; downheartedly
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
have to do; must; should; ought to
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
the whole city; all the cities; every city
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern); umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
fabrication; lie; fiction
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
to withstand; to be able to endure