shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
straw skirt; grass skirt; traditionally worn by hunters and fishermen
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
standard equipment; standard feature
leggings (stretchy skin-tight trousers); spats (footwear accessory); gaiters
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to turn completely into; to become completely
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition