recitation; reciting from memory
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
study; research; investigation
to join together; to combine; to join up
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
kindness; intimacy; friendship
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
landowner; landlord; landlady
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
another thing; other things; another man's property
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
second marriage; remarriage
coexistence; living together
public junior high school
to stop talking; to be silent
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
expression; look; countenance; face
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly