doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day
these days; nowadays; recently
Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
favourite motto; pet saying
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
moving to new seats; moving to new desks
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
high rice field; very fertile rice field
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
close; intimate; on good terms
homeroom; form room; form class
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
dry riverbed; river beach