myself; yourself; I; me; you
loveable; very likeable; like very much
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
relatively; comparatively
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
himself; yourself; herself
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
fruit of a tree; nut; berry