explanation of a picture; explanation by means of pictures; explanation (of an incident, one's reasoning, etc.); unravelling (a mystery)
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
to feign innocence; to feign ignorance; to wipe one's mouth
to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
one's share; one's portion
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to have a hard time of it
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
raging fire; conflagration
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito
touching; moving; painful
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat or carriage); (arch.) large roofed area on a boat (resembling a house)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
even if; even though; wow
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to draw back; to leave (e.g. the area); to withdraw
die all together; go to the grave together
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
wicked smile; evil grin; sinister laugh
good-natured; of good character
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf