to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
investigation; research; looking something up
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
9th day of the month; nine days
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
actor; actress; player; performer
Motoki Masahiro (1965.12-)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
such; like that; that sort of
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
as stated; verbatim; literally
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
such ... as; or some such
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
student of a women's college; female university student
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
organized crime syndicate; criminal group; (lit.) antisocial group
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
finding employment; getting a job