each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
ohajiki; traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces made of coloured glass or plastic
one's own work; making by oneself
children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to look forward to something
journal; magazine; periodical
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first