devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; compartment; (traffic) lane
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
class (of students)
association; union; guild
combination; assortment; set
to put together; to combine; to join together; to join up
rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination; reclassification
suite
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to construct; to build; to compose (a story, poem, etc.)
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to pump out
ward residents
to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms)
spider
cloud
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
weather; look of the sky
cloudiness; cloudy weather
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast
ward office; council (regional)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed; frustrating; annoying; regrettable
crying from vexation; tears of regret
to mourn; to lament
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat
dark; gloomy; murky
to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
Kurashiki (city)
classical music
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to get along; to get by
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities
contest; comparison; competition
to compare; to make a comparison (between)
darkness; the dark
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
upward move; advance
to move up; to advance
inward transfer (of money); carry over (money from previous period)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle
to repeat; to do over again
extension ladder; aerial ladder
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope)
established by a ward; ward; municipal
postponement
to unfold; to unroll; to open
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to go insane
painful; difficult; tough; hard