sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own field
writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting
humbly presenting; respectfully presenting
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
fresh verdure; new green leaves
studies; schoolwork; classwork
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
mountain hamlet; mountain village
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
dawn; daybreak; beginning
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order