Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay)
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass
speech; utterance; starting to speak; word used to start a sentence
moxa; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
first part of a poem or verse
establishing a club (at a school, college, etc.); establishing a division (in a company)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
first challenge; first try
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
emoticon; smiley; kaomoji
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
offense; offence; method of attack
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
to that extent; so (much)
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
club budget; club expense
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
great mountain; large mountain
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
and; thereupon; because of that
maintaining the status quo
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely