common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
expression of love; showing love
Itō Souichirō (1924.3-2001.9.4)
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
long slits (esp. of eyes)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
promotion (school, military, etc.)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back
encumbrance; burden; drag
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to concern; to be related
to mark the end; to spell the end
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
one bow; one salute; one greeting
to go out and away; to leave
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
teacher; instructor; professor
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old