application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
counter for books; volume
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
(opening of a) wound; cut
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
sunburn; suntan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. of paper); yellowing; drying up (of a river, field, etc.)
to feel inferior; to feel small
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
(not) even once; (not) ever
creakily; with a grating sound; packed full; crammed; with no room to spare
police force; police squad
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
slave trade; human trafficking; slave trader
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
box-shaped; box-type; boxy
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)