sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
tall tree; forest tree; arbor; arbour
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
marshland; wetland; swampland
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
Hagiwara Sakutarou (1886-1942)
want to ... do something; would like to ...
but; however; even though; even if
too much; excessively; too
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
almost; roughly; approximately
amount of money; sum of money
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
schoolgirl; female student
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
(navigable) canal; waterway
thin; slender; fine; unlucky