to be silent; to say nothing
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
curing (meat, etc.); preservative treatment; save process (e.g. to disk); save operation
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
to help each other; to cooperate
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
solely; entirely; only; sharing; together
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
research material; experimental material
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
even if not; even without
middle of the night; dead of night
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to try to do; to attempt to do
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
gradually; slowly but steadily