pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to get distracted; to jump off the track
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
unpredictability; element of surprise
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)
henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)
personification; anthropomorphization
to be boiled; to be cooked
point in question (at issue)
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; (lit.) planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
high ground; plateau; heights
basin (e.g. between mountains)
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)