no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
and; thereupon; because of that
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
grandfather; male senior-citizen
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
princess; daughter of a nobleman
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
honorific affix; honorific prefix
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
medicine for internal disorders
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
staying behind; remaining; residual
pathogenic bacteria; bad bacteria; harmful bacteria
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
corpulence; fatness; obesity
nutriment; nutritious substance; nourishment
adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
ultrahigh temperature; superhigh temperature; extreme heat
crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
settlement; solution; resolution
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
defeat; loss; reverse; setback