stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched
to fluff up (e.g. a futon); to retype (e.g. a letter)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition
to be chapped (e.g. skin)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
harmonica; mouth organ; cunnilingus; hypodermic syringe
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
older brother; elder brother
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
higher commercial school (pre-WWII); commercial college
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute