sudden change; complete change
divining sticks; counting; calculation
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water
voice training; vocal exercises
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
dramatic role for child; child actor
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo
thousand years; many years
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to put someone to work; to make someone work
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to raise one's voice; to shout
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
eating; bite (in fishing)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
studies; schoolwork; classwork
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
smoothly; easily; readily
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
treating someone like a child
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new