convenience; user-friendliness
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
natural virtue; personal virtue
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
aluminium can; aluminum can
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
waist; waistline; waist measurement
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
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; 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
Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate