poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
Saitama (city, prefecture)
dry riverbed; river beach
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
submersion; inundation; being flooded
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to take command; to give direction
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
while; during (the time when)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to be able to manage somehow or another
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
Koshihikari (variety of rice)
that's the way it is; such is life
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)