travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
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)
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
validity; verification; propriety
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
on countless occasions; many a time
foreign; abroad; overseas
patient's condition; pathology
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to be nearing death; to be dying
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
man's weeping (esp. someone not prone to tears)