congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
15th day of the month; 15 days
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
Ōgai; Ōgai Mori (1862.2.17-1922.7.9; novelist, poet, translator and Army Surgeon general officer)
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
modernization; modernisation
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
script; screenplay; scenario
drama; play; Chinese opera
theatrical adaptation; stage adaptation; adapting for the theatre (theater)
commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
beginning (of a century, etc.)
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
temporary labor; dispatch work
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
to help each other; to cooperate
close; intimate; on good terms
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
bathroom antechamber; dressing room; sink area; changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to brighten; to grow light
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate