flute; fife; pipe; whistle
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
mask; striking the head (kendo)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to peddle (goods); to hawk
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
divine grace; divine favour; blessing; benefit; help
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
dependent on luck; matter of luck
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to someone's name
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
summer festival; summer matsuri
stairs; stairway; staircase
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
from now; from this moment; henceforth