cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
nape (of the neck); nucha
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)
to spend time (on doing something)
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
schoolgirl; female student
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
sincere; earnest; serious
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
door; gate; opening; title page
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
to stare back at; to look back at
exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
to melt together; to blend together
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
with a splash; with a plop
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
they; those guys; those fellows
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly