to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
programme; program; plans; arrangements
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
method of bringing up; method of raising
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to rise; to erect; to get up
to chase; to run after; to pursue
another seat; different seat; special seat; another room; separate room
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
small; fine; detailed; stingy
gentle spring rain; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
a short while ago; already
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
innumerable; countless; numberless
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)