whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to throw on the fire; to burn
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to laugh scornfully; to sneer at
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
to watch over; to watch attentively
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
Prussian blue; deep blue; dark blue; ultramarine
fresh verdure; new green leaves
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred