loud shout; excited cheering
as you please; in any way you like; as you wish
to have the memory of having done something oneself
to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears
major cleanup; spring cleaning
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
momentum; amount of exercise
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
chapter one; first chapter
natural disaster; cataclysm
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
information; experience; knowledge; observation
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
insecticide; insect repellent
12th anniversary of one's death
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
(water-filled) paddy field